The Anchorage Press reprinted Tony Hopfinger’s revealing story on whistleblower Chuck Hamel and BP’s Prudhoe Bay scandal last week. Here’s the original, for those of you who were summering at Lake Tapps at the time of publication. Hopfinger is leaving his current residence of Anchorage to join the Weekly’s staff in mid-September. We can’t wait.
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