Anchorage Assembly demands mayor reinstate leftist ‘equity’ officer
The far-left majority on the Anchorage Assembly is demanding that Mayor Dave Bronson reverse his decision to fire the city’s first ever chief equity officer. Earlier this month Bronson dismissed Clifford Armstrong III. Hired back in April by then acting
Alaska Railroad mandates COVID jabs for all employees
Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) employees must be deemed fully vaccinated by Dec. 8, unless granted a religion or medical exemption. Those who decline the COVID shot “will no longer meet the requirements to continue employment with ARRC.” The mandate
Anchorage man who died after hospital refused him Ivermectin recalled as steadfast patriot
William Topel passed away earlier this month after struggling with COVID complications. The controversy surrounding his death has become a lightning rod for Anchorage residents who are outraged that Providence hospital denied his repeated requests for
Employee mandates are driving society to its knees
Over the past few weeks, we have seen thousands of flights cancelled, store shelves emptied and millions of businesses struggling to maintain adequate manpower to stay afloat. Some of this is undoubtedly due to massive federal payouts that disincentivize
Alaska archbishop threatens ‘Catholic’ identity of Anchorage school
The broader cultural war between traditional and progressive branches of Christianity is now playing out between an Alaska archbishop and a small conservative Catholic school in Anchorage. Archbishop Andrew Bellisario, who oversees the Catholic Church across
It’s happening again – a hypnosis of fear
After WWII, many German people snapped out of what they had endured and what they had instigated. To paraphrase the honest assessment of many Germans, they said, “We all seemed to be under a kind of fog, a trance, a hypnosis. We were indifferent to what
Fairbanks school board ‘humiliated’ by district’s request to teach graphic sex-ed
Thanks to a 2016 state law, Alaska school districts must get approval from local school boards before they can teach new sex education material to children. On Oct. 19, the Fairbanks School District asked school board members to green light curriculum
PFD debate: Alaska legislators hide our money, then demand more
The Alaska Legislature’s fourth special session is sputtering on with no discussion of new facts, only repetitions of hardened positions. Most conservatives advocate for a 50/50 dividend formula. Those opposed are largely liberal Democrats (be they
Amid supply chain crisis, major Alaska trucking company imposes vax mandate
One of Alaska’s leading trucking companies that transports supplies throughout the U.S. and Canada, announced that all its employees and private contractors must get COVID shots. An Oct. 8 letter from Alaska West Express President Eric Badger states that
Another man dies at Providence after hospital refuses repeated requests for Ivermectin
On Oct. 13, Neil Kitamura, age 78, died a few hours after fellow Anchorage resident William Topel passed away. Both were patients at Providence Alaska Medical Center. Each man asked to receive Ivermectin to treat COVID illnesses, and both were denied.
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