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Education Family Parental Rights Politics Public SchoolDespite opposition, radical LGBT classes still planned for Fairbanks schools

2 weeks ago106210 min

In the face of community resistance, the Fairbanks North Star School district remains undeterred in its push to introduce controversial LGBTQ curriculum into classrooms. A group working on the plan met Jan. 9 in Fairbanks to discuss a second draft of proposed curriculum that would expose youth to sexual themes in English and social studies classes. The school district’s executive director of teaching and learning, began the Jan. 9 meeting with a warning that it...

by Joel Davidson

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Family ReligionBill would protect religious freedom for Alaska children in state custody

2 weeks ago1642 min

A bill introduced by Republican Rep. Tammie Wilson of North Pole aims to safeguard the religious liberties of Alaska children while in state custody. Pre-filed on Jan. 10, HB 191 would require foster parents to ensure that a child is able to continue attending their home church while placed in foster care. The bill would also ensure that a child be housed with foster parents or agencies in areas that are accessible by road to...

by Bob Flint

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Education Family Opinion Parental Rights PoliticsAlaska’s public schools are in crisis – it’s time to end their monopoly

3 weeks ago4598 min

Last month the superintendents of seven Alaska school districts sent Governor Mike Dunleavy, a former teacher himself, a letter declaring that “Alaska’s students are presently in a reading achievement crisis.” Reading scores are low compared to national scores, and not improving. The Anchorage School District, in its 2019 report to the community last month, revealed that only 42% of students in grades three through nine had achieved proficient or advanced scores in language arts. Previous...

by Joel Davidson

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Culture FamilyWait Alaska! Christmas isn’t over!

1 month ago3424 min

Landfills and parking lots across Alaska are already filling up with discarded Christmas trees despite the fact that the festive season is only three days old. A Dec. 27 notice from city officials in Juneau invited residents to “bring your Christmas tree to the landfill for free.” Castaway evergreens pile up in cities and towns each year just days after Dec. 25. It wasn’t always this way. There’s no reason to stop partying just because...

by Joel Davidson

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Culture FamilyChoosing happiness? Alaskans opt for ‘pet parenting’ over human babies

1 month ago3008 min

Two recent reports suggest that a growing number of Alaskan couples are less willing to raise human children but are enthusiastic about so-called pet parenting their “furry friends.” In terms of percentage, children (ages 0-19 years old) have dropped from 34% of Alaska’s overall population in 1994 to just 28% in 2018. In fact, there were 1,400 fewer Alaskan children in 2018 compared to 1994 despite a population growth of nearly 133,000 Alaskans. PRIORITIZING ‘FURRY...

by Joel Davidson

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Crime Culture FamilyVital signs: Alaskans marry less as childhood population plummets

2 months ago4318 min

The number of marriages, babies and children are plummeting across Alaska according to the state’s Vital Statistics report released on Dec. 6. The annual publication contains key information about life, death, marriage, separations, declining birth rates and the notable loss of school-age children. Some highlights from the 2018 figures are listed below. POPULATION FACTS Alaska’s population grew to 736,239 in 2018, compared to 697,828 in 2009. Demographically the state breaks down to 68.9% white (507,304),...

by Rashae Ophus Johnson

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Education Family HomeschoolEducation on their terms: Alaska homeschoolers reap moral, academic rewards

2 months ago52514 min

Students in an exclusive Eagle River school learn coding and robotics in science, study American Sign Language and Latin in language arts, and master aerial acrobatics and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in physical education. This publicly funded school boasts a four-to-one student-teacher ratio. At another location in Fairbanks, students dissect sheep hearts in biology, learn vocational skills in auto mechanics and explore special interests in robotics and engineering while earning college credits as high schoolers. “We didn’t...

by Leigh Sloan

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Family Opinion Politics ReligionFoster ‘brave conversations’ over the holidays

2 months ago2589 min

Are you looking forward to sitting down with family members this year in our ever more polarized political climate? What will you do when your brother brings up that topic? Are you the type to quickly change the subject and pull out a Christmas movie so nobody has to talk, or do your ears get red as you craft the perfect comeback to put that family member in his or her place? Families are complicated...

by Tiffany Borges

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Family Life ReligionAlaska women confront anger and pain of losing a child

2 months ago5487 min

Anchored in Hope is a peer-led ministry intended to solidify healthy reliance upon God’s promises rather than isolation, shame or silence that so often follows infant loss and pregnancies ending in miscarriage. A local group of Alaskan women launched the outreach after months of intentional planning and prayer. As she pondered the depth of her own miscarriages, Ashleigh Levesque became aware that God was prompting her to reach out to others who were suffering. With...

by Jim Minnery

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Culture Faith Family Opinion ReligionTraditional marriage reveals God, and is still worth fighting for

3 months ago57410 min

“Same-sex couples, too, may aspire to the transcendent purposes of marriage and seek fulfillment in its highest meaning.” – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, 2015 in the decision Obergefell v Hodges Leading up to and following the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling mandating that all states issue marriage licenses to individuals of the same sex, a question regularly surfaced for those of us who believe that marriage is the union of one man and one woman:...

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Education Family Parental Rights Politics Public SchoolDespite opposition, radical LGBT classes still planned for Fairbanks schools

Family ReligionBill would protect religious freedom for Alaska children in state custody

Education Family Opinion Parental Rights PoliticsAlaska’s public schools are in crisis – it’s time to end their monopoly

Culture FamilyWait Alaska! Christmas isn’t over!

Culture FamilyChoosing happiness? Alaskans opt for ‘pet parenting’ over human babies

Crime Culture FamilyVital signs: Alaskans marry less as childhood population plummets

Education Family HomeschoolEducation on their terms: Alaska homeschoolers reap moral, academic rewards

Family Opinion Politics ReligionFoster ‘brave conversations’ over the holidays

Family Life ReligionAlaska women confront anger and pain of losing a child

Culture Faith Family Opinion ReligionTraditional marriage reveals God, and is still worth fighting for

Education Homeschool Private School Public SchoolGovernor: Alaska parents have choices when educating kids

PoliticsYour chance to shape the direction of Alaska’s Republican Party

Culture Education Homeschool Opinion Politics Private School Public SchoolLetter to school board: Keep pornographic LGBT material away from our kids

PoliticsHouse marginalizes Alaska’s social conservatives, empowers liberals

Abortion Life PoliticsDunleavy 'committed' to defend unborn Alaskans from abortion