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Alaska archbishop says repeated church vandalism undermines human dignity, religious practice

CrimeDecember 20, 2022

In response to repeated acts of vandalism against St. Andrew Catholic Church in Eagle River, the Archbishop of Anchorage-Juneau has issued a letter calling the crimes an “attack on the dignity of each person and their religious practice.” Twice within the

OPINION: Alaska Supreme Court blocks grand juries from investigating corrupt officials

CrimeDecember 19, 2022

Alaska Supreme Court Order (SCO) #1993 (effective Dec. 1, 2022) just rewrote Criminal Rule 6 and 6.1 to unconstitutionally suspend the right of Grand Juries to investigate and indict corrupt public officials. This was done immediately after the Kenai Grand

Plaintiff attorney struggles to paint Rep. Eastman as supporter of Jan. 6 violence

CrimeDecember 15, 2022

Amid frequent bandwidth complications, audio interruptions and frozen video feeds, Alaska State Rep. David Eastman (R-Wasilla) took to the virtual stand – via Zoom – on Thursday in a lawsuit challenging his eligibility to serve in public office due to

Eagle River church vandalized again with phallic symbols

AbortionNovember 25, 2022

For the second time in six months, St. Andrew Catholic Church in Eagle River has suffered a vandalism attack. The night before Thanksgiving, a vandal spray painted nine large phallic symbols on the outside of the church. The images are nearly identical to

21,500 Fentanyl pills seized from Kodiak man charged with large-scale trafficking

CrimeNovember 10, 2022

Alaska law enforcement officers seized a massive quantity of potentially lethal drugs from Kodiak resident Mark Daniel Nason. In a Nov. 10 notice, the Dept. of Law said two indictments involving large-scale narcotics trafficking were against Nason. “While

Rep. Eastman: The Left aims to silence those who oppose their shifting ideological whims

CrimeNovember 2, 2022

The plan for those who don’t subscribe to the ever-changing ideological orthodoxy of the Left hasn’t changed much since the days of Lenin. To dissent from its core dogmas is to lose your place in society. And because that orthodoxy is ever evolving, no

Sen. Hughes: Alaska’s Constitutional Convention Question is truly David vs. Goliath

AbortionNovember 2, 2022

Alaskans, I respectfully implore you to recognize that the flood of paid advertisements you’ve been hearing about a state constitutional convention may not be the whole story – and dare I say it is “spinning” the story to protect the power and wealth

Tshibaka pledges to vote only for ‘constitutionalist’ judges & appointees

CrimeOctober 26, 2022

When it comes to confirming federal judges, appointees and nominees for the U.S. Supreme Court, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka has pledged to only vote for those who embrace a constitutionalist approach to law. On Oct. 26, the conservative

Alaska crime falls to lowest levels since 1975

CrimeOctober 3, 2022

Alaska’s newly released 2021 crime report shows a 15.2% decrease in the overall crime rate. This amounts to the lowest number of reported offenses since 1975, continuing a four-year downward trend. Violent crime rate decreased by 9.7% last year. This

Murkowski panders to hard leftists in Oct. 2 interview

AbortionOctober 3, 2022

On Sunday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski sat down with one of the most liberal activist groups in Anchorage to share her vision for Alaska and the nation. Given just a month before the Nov. 8 midterms, the interview was clearly intended to reach out to Democratic and

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