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Eaglexit update: Chugiak-Eagle River continues effort to get out from under Anchorage control

FeaturedAugust 10, 2023

Eaglexit is a group comprised of people from the greater Chugiak-Eagle River area. We are Assembly District 2 within the Municipality of Anchorage – extending from Eklutna to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. We formed this group to explore the idea of

REPORT: Free speech ‘under fire’ in Alaska

FeaturedAugust 10, 2023

By Josiah Davidson – Alaska Policy Forum The Constitution’s First Amendment — a keystone of a democratic society — is under fire in Alaska. According to the 2022 Free Speech Index compiled by the Institute for Free Speech,

Mat-Su welcomes Anchorage students who can’t use correspondence funds at private schools

EducationAugust 9, 2023

Mat-Su Central, a correspondence program in the Mat-Su School District, is welcoming Anchorage-area families who are unhappy with the school district’s last-minute decision to clamp down on how families use correspondence allotments. Last month, Anchorage

OPINION: How will you personally defend life and protect freedom?

AbortionAugust 4, 2023

What’s the value of a human being’s life? How about our freedom? It’s time to seriously think about these questions because they are increasingly under threat. A recent interview with the son of a pastor in Canada is a case in point. His

Gov. Dunleavy wants Alaskans to celebrate their guns across the month of August

CultureAugust 2, 2023

In an Aug. 1 decree that acknowledged Alaska’s love of firearms and hunting, Gov. Mike Dunleavy proclaimed August to be “Shooting Sports Month” in Alaska. Noting that “countless Alaskans rely on and take pride in the ability to utilize firearms to

Official from anti-child trafficking group featured in ‘Sound of Freedom’ film to address Mat-Su group

FeaturedJuly 31, 2023

On Aug. 7, the director of outreach at Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.) will deliver a live Zoom talk for a Mat-Su group discuss his organization’s ongoing effort to fight child sex trafficking in Alaska and around the world. Hosted by School of

Biden admin takes aim at school archery, hunter safety classes in Alaska and across the U.S.

EducationJuly 31, 2023

In a move that could impact popular student archery and hunter safety courses across Alaska, the Biden administration is now withholding key federal funding for elementary and secondary schools that provide archery or hunting classes. The U.S. Department of

OPINION: The Green Lobby is evil and motivated

CultureJuly 25, 2023

Super Bowl television advertisements have become part of American culture. The number one ad in 2010 was for an Audi diesel-electric hybrid. You can watch it, and the “extended footage” versions, on You Tube. Entitled “The Green Police,” it featured

OPINION: In an uncertain world, Alaskans must move toward food independence

FeaturedJuly 10, 2023

Here in Nenana, agricultural land has been opened up and we have had several meetings about the use of the land and the ideas people have for it. Personally, as long as the farmers don’t destroy the environment with pesticides, I’m all for it.

OPINON: America is likely beyond saving

CultureJuly 10, 2023

The American union is likely beyond saving through either politics or religion. I don’t enjoy saying that. The disconnect is too far gone. You can neither reason nor argue with a madman, a mob or a monkey. The mainstream media censors everything and accuses

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