HOUR 1
- Tom S is back in studio after a trip to the Lower 48 and discusses delays in flights on Alaska Airlines
- COVID-19 originations - Dept of Energy now says COVID started from the Wuhan, China lab similar to the FBIs theory / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/02/26/undefined?
- Attorney Lexie Rigden provides a professional analysis of Alex Murdaugh’s ongoing murder trial, specifically his controversial decision to testify (FOXNews)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6321275780112 - On Saturday night CEO Elon Musk laid off at least 200 workers from the company, which was about 10% of the ~2,000 employees still left at Twitter. / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/technology/twitter-layoffs.html?
- At least 59 migrants, including 12 children, died when their boat crashed against rocks on the southern coast of Italy in bad weather / (BBC) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64776621?
- .Scott Adams' Dilbert gets dropped / (CNBC) https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/popular-comic-strip-dropped-after-creator-s-black-hate-group-remark-164089926000 / (MB) https://www.npr.org/2023/02/26/1159580425/newspapers-have-dropped-the-dilbert-comic-strip-after-a-racist-rant-by-its-creat
- Alex Gimarc from Anchorage on the Scott Adams Dilbert cancellation / (Hotep Jesus) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeFA-n3SMRw
- Gov Ron DeSantis on what it means to be a Conservative
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6321170153112 - Dalton in Mat-Su on COVID-19 on mainstream being inaccurate
HOUR 2
- T & T talk protecting charitable gaming
- T & T talk Northern Lights
- It’s been nearly six months since the Alaska Division of Public Assistance first began to fall behind on processing federal food stamp applications, leaving thousands of Alaskans still waiting for benefits to arrive now / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2023/02/26/alaskas-unprecedented-food-stamp-backlog-is-taking-a-harsh-toll-on-rural-communities/
- Anchorage Lawmakers in Juneau are trying to prevent a possible COVID-19 and influenza outbreak at the state Capitol / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/02/25/covid-19-testing-mandated-some-alaska-capitol-staff/
- Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration said Friday it will pay Roger Hickel Contracting nearly $2.5 million in a settlement for work done last fall on the proposed homeless navigation center before it was halted / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2023/02/24/bronson-administration-proposes-25m-settlement-for-east-anchorage-shelter-construction-assembly-says-its-illegal/
- Anchorage School District alerted the parents of the 268 students who attend Abbott Loop Elementary School which school they will attend next year in an email sent Friday evening. / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/02/25/anchorage-school-district-assigns-new-schools-abbott-loop-elementary-students/
- Rick Whitbeck, PTA Pres