OPINION: Kenai Borough’s deadly fentanyl crisis requires robust enforcement crackdown
The Kenai Peninsula does not lack compassion for those caught in addiction; it lacks the institutional will to treat opioid trafficking as the violent commercial-criminal enterprise that it
OPINION: Why can’t Alaska follow Texas and open a gender ‘detransition’ clinic?
Alaska's State Medical Board drafted regulations in August 2025 to prevent minors from being surgically and chemically mutilated by medical professionals. This matter has been sitting in the Dunleavy Administration for 9
Alaska legislature passes ‘Baby Box’ bill to protect surrendered infants
The Alaska Legislature overwhelmingly passed a bill to establish safety devices - also known as “baby boxes” – that can provide an additional option for struggling parents who want to safely surrender infants in times of
U.S. Supreme Court says mail-order abortion pills can continue while court case proceeds
In a deeply troubling decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily allowed the continued mailing of dangerous abortion drugs into pro-life states while litigation
AK House passes bill that could expand chemical abortions via pharmacists
Eleven Republicans in the Alaska State House joined all their Democrat and left-leaning independent colleagues to pass a bill which many pro-lifers see as an abortion expansion
Alaska’s First Lady honors Christ-centered missionary who serves struggling Native youth
Unlike many Alaska nonprofits, which focus almost entirely on non-religious and materialistic tactics to address mental health issues, Goward writes candidly about exposing sin to light for healing, processing grief through worship and giving God credit for
Alaska Legislature passes leftist-inspired student mental health bill
Student mental health initiatives, such as SB 41, have been criticized for fostering explicit support for LGBTQ+ acceptance, affirmation, and related topics as part of addressing youth well-being, equity, and
OPINION: Alaska’s next governor must establish an ‘Office of Unborn Advocacy’
We need an Office of Unborn Advocacy in the governor’s office - staffed with dedicated, taxpayer-funded, state employees who are willing to do in Alaska what pro-abortion governors are doing right now across the
Alaska’s former Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Zink, lauds vax-mandating CDC pick
While President Trump’s new nominee to run the CDC has dismayed vaccine skeptics, the pick has drawn high praise from the likes of Dr. Anne Zink, Alaska’s former Chief Medical Officer, who persistently pushed Covid jabs and multiple boosters on infants,
‘QueerDoc’ to keep cross-sex drug pipeline flowing despite Alaska clinic’s closure
With the recent announcement that Alaska’s most prominent LGBTQ gender clinic is shutting down, a Washington-based transgender clinic has vowed to keep the cross-sex drug pipeline open to Alaska youth and adults through the use of online
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