Alaska pastor defends decision to post political signs on church grounds
In the run-up to the November election, Homer had some controversy about the presence of political signs on the property of one of the churches
OPINION: Humor is a welcome cure in a troubled world
In today’s a socially divided and politically tense world, a touch of humor is a cure for peaceful reconciliation and social justice; a small perfection is in the people’s doable reach rather than a hypothetical perfect World in the uncertain
WANTED: Conservative Alaskans willing to run for political office
A coalition of conservative-minded groups from Alaska is offering a panel discussion for those who might be interested in running for political office in the near
Alaska schools’ motivational speaker sentenced for sexual abuse of minor
An Anchorage man who regularly traveled throughout Alaska giving motivational school speeches, and oftentimes coming into contact with students across the state, has been sentenced to prison for sexually abusing a minor
Dunleavy joins 20 governors in backing Kristi Noem as Homeland Security head
Gov. Mike Dunleavy sign a letter with 21 other state governors in calling for a swift confirmation of South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to serve as President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
Sen. Murkowski claims she’d prefer ‘no label’ to ‘Republican’
I’m not attached to a label. I’d rather be that ‘no label’ … and I’m totally good and comfortable with that," Murkowski said. "In fact, I think I’m more comfortable with that identity than an identity as a Republican, as a party
OPINION: How to weaponize ranked-choice against 16 AK lawmakers
RCV gives Alaskans a unique tool to use against the Democrats and their Vichy Republican collaborators to regain control of our state legislature.
Rep. Peltola and 80 other Dems vote with GOP lawmakers to ban tax-funded ‘gender transitions’ for military kids
In a surprisingly bi-partisan vote, Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola joined 80 other Democrats and 200 Republicans in the U.S. House to pass a massive defense bill that specifically prohibits taxpayer dollars from funding cross-sex drugs and transgender surgeries for
Planned Parenthood closes abortion center in Juneau, but pro-life challenges remain
After years of prayer vigils and outreach, prolife advocates are celebrating the announcement by Planned Parenthood that it has closed its abortion center in Juneau, for good. This follows the 2022 closure of the abortion giant’s clinic in
Alaska’s UAF Fairbanks reports spike in campus rapes
Since 2016, there have been a total of 67 reported rapes (8.4 annually) at UAF, with 61 of those (91%) occurring in on-campus student housing. See data from 2016-2020 here and
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