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Palmer delays mask mandate vote to next week after hearing massive opposition

FeaturedNovember 19, 2020

Hundreds of Palmer area residents stood in bitter cold weather outside the Palmer City Council chambers on Nov. 18 for a chance to publicly oppose a proposed citywide mask mandate. After hearing nearly three hours of in-person testimony the Palmer City

Fairbanks approves LGBTQ class in narrow 4-3 vote

EducationNovember 18, 2020

After a year of unprecedented public comment over highly controversial changes to the Fairbanks School District’s curriculum, the final piece of the language arts overhaul was approved by the school board’s liberal majority. The 4-3 vote reflects deep

Trump is fighting a bloodless coup d’état … and it’s far from over

FeaturedNovember 18, 2020

In this attempt of a stolen presidential election, Americans are facing something much worse than corruption, they are facing a coup d’état, a French term for an overthrow of the properly constituted governmental authority. [Pronounced as in

Anchorage Assembly chair belittles public comments, votes to extend emergency declaration

FeaturedNovember 17, 2020

After two hours of public testimony which overwhelmingly opposed extending the emergency declaration in Anchorage, the Assembly voted 7-3 to keep it until at least Jan. 15. The passage allows Anchorage’s unelected acting mayor, Austin Quinn-Davidson, to

Rep. Young on ‘road to recovery’ after positive COVID test

FeaturedNovember 16, 2020

Fresh off his victory over challenger Alyse Galvin, U.S. Rep. Don Young said he is doing well after contracting COVID-19 last week. The 25-time winner of Alaska’s sole seat in the U.S. House issued an update on his health Nov. 16. “There has been much

Fairbanks Schools are methodically undermining traditional values

EducationNovember 15, 2020

The Fairbanks School Board is being pressured to approve the final piece in one of the most controversial curriculum overhauls in the history of the Fairbanks North Star Borough. On Tuesday, Nov. 17, the board will consider the last pillar to a language arts

Palmer progressives want to wield newfound power to mandate masks

FeaturedNovember 14, 2020

Following victories in the recent October election, progressives on the Palmer City Council now enjoy a narrow 4-3 majority, which they will try and use to reshape the historic farming town. This agenda begins in earnest on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 6 p.m.

Petition launched against Anchorage Assembly’s ‘oppressive’ emergency declaration

FeaturedNovember 12, 2020

Fed up with what they view as the “detrimental impacts” of oppressive COVID-19 mandates, Anchorage residents have launched an online petition urging the Assembly to end its perpetual emergency declaration. Having amassed more than 1,200 signatures in five

Proofs of a stolen election

FeaturedNovember 9, 2020

So, let’s see. Have presidential elections been stolen before? The answer might surprise you: without a doubt. A friend of mine, being too generous, recently told me that stealing an election would involve such a tremendous amount of chicanery on a scale so

Unelected Anchorage mayor imposes mask mandate, restricts gatherings increases enforcement

FeaturedNovember 6, 2020

Anchorage’s unelected acting mayor, Austin Quinn-Davidson has decided to wield her newly inherited emergency powers to impose city-wide mask mandates and tighter restrictions on gatherings. She announced her new mandates during a Nov. 6 press conference.

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