Military security trumps recreational convenience: Why I support JBER boundary fence
Security of JBER must take priority over informal recreational
How Alaska’s gubernatorial candidates plan to defend state sovereignty against fed. overreach
What are Alaska's gubernatorial candidates prepared to do to defend Alaska's sovereignty and protect the state's
OPINION: Today, let us honor those who gave the ‘last full measure’
On this holiday, enjoy your barbecue, but also take a somber moment to remember our fallen and share the story of their sacrifice with your kids or family members. As President Lincoln said in his speech after the battle at Gettysburg, “the honored dead
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: Alaska legislators are the biggest obstacle to the gasline project
The biggest obstacle to Alaska LNG is the Alaska Legislature and whether they are willing to act before somebody else captures the market we spent decades assuming would still be there waiting for
Candidates for Alaska governor weigh in on Dominion voting machines vs. hand-counting
Many Alaskans do not trust the state’s use of Dominion voting machines to count ballots in statewide elections. Some boroughs, such as the Mat-Su, have completely done away with machine tabulators in favor of hand-counting all ballots. How will you address
Sealing Pandora’s Box: A win for Alaska’s Constitution, If you can keep it
Alaska legislators are empowered to police themselves, yet are largely unconcerned about enforcing key Constitutional safeguards when their own political expediency requires
ELECTION UNDERWAY: Fairbanks climate radicals aim to take control of power grid
An influential coalition of climate extremists is working to take control of Golden Valley Electric Assoc. - the energy cooperative that provides power to roughly 100,000 Fairbanks area
Alaska Dems & GOP allies fail to override veto of costly state employee pension bill
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vetoed controversial legislation that would have reintroduced a costly, government-run defined benefit pension system for state
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
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