Conservative Sitka man suffers concussion, broken bones at radical leftist protest
A protester at a leftist rally in Sitka was charged with two felony assaults counts, theft, criminal mischief and robbery, which occurred during an Aug. 30 demonstration that resulted in one peaceful conservative-counter protester being admitted to the local
Fairbanks School Board aims to block federal immigration agents from schools
The Fairbanks North Star School Board is set to vote on a resolution aimed at blocking federal agents from enforcing longstanding immigration
Governor taps former Trump DOJ senior official as Alaska’s next Attorney General
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has appointed Stephen J. Cox as the next Attorney General of Alaska. He replaces Treg Taylor who resigns on Aug. 29, and is expected to announce a run for governor. Cox served in the first Trump Administration as a senior U.S. Department of
OPINION: Alaska’s new Grand Jury ‘process’ helps hide government corruption
On August 18, Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor gave a town hall presentation in Soldotna to supposedly “restore public confidence in the system,” and defend his new “process” in which he is the “gatekeeper” to Alaska’s Grand
An open letter to Alaska’s lame duck governor – USE YOUR POWER!
What have you got to lose, governor? Will they start a new recall effort? A lame duck executive can do a lot, and can show what the Left ought to fear, far more than the beginning of a governor’s new
BEN CARPENTER: Alaska can’t allow overreaching judges to gut citizen Grand Jury oversight
The people of Alaska must never surrender their watchdog - the independent grand jury - to the very institutions it was designed to
OPINION: Alaska AG Treg Taylor is trying to rehabilitate his image
Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor seems to be trying to rehabilitate his image, possibly in preparation for a run at the governor's office in next year's election. It appears that he is attempting to address two significant judicial issues he faces, so
Another Anchorage homeless camp set ablaze along Seward Highway
The fire is the latest incident in an ongoing effort to address growing vandalism, arson and criminal activity associated with Anchorage’s chronic homeless
Historic stained glass window smashed at Anchorage’s Holy Family Old Cathedral
The oldest church in Anchorage was attacked by a vandal on Aug. 13, shattering parts of a historic stained glass window and smashing two others at the church’s nearby St. Paul’s
Former Soldotna teacher guilty of 24 acts of sex abuse of minor
A Kenai jury found a former Soldotna High School teacher, 37-year-old Nathaniel E. Erfurth, guilty of 24 counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree and four counts of Unlawful Exploitation of a Minor in the First
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