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Grassroots Fairbanks Independence Day Parade is back

CultureJune 30, 2022

Christine Robbins is president of the local nonprofit, Spirit of ’76, which relaunched the Fairbanks Independence Day Parade last year for the first time in more than 50 years. This event is back for 2022 in what organizers hope will become an

Supreme Court affirms high school coach’s right to pray on field

EducationJune 27, 2022

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that high school football coach Joseph Kennedy has a constitutional right to privately pray on the football field without being fired by the school district. Kennedy’s employment at Bremerton School District

Fairbanks employee with concealed gun thwarts robbery attempt

CrimeJune 27, 2022

During an attempted armed robbery at a Fairbanks tool shop this past Friday, an employee stopped the would-be perpetrator from stealing a bandsaw kit. According to the Alaska State Troopers’ dispatch, the attempted robbery took place on June 24, just after

Federal lawsuit aims to protect Alaska donors’ 1st Amendment right to free association

FeaturedJune 23, 2022

Alaska voters are now in the midst of a new ranked voting system, established by the narrow victory of Ballot Measure 2 in 2020. Besides ranked voting, that initiative also created new requirements for reporting campaign contributions targeting what the

Supreme Court decision on religious schools may impact Alaska homeschool program

CultureJune 22, 2022

In what many are praising as a victory for religious schools across the nation, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 21 that the State of Maine was unlawfully discriminating against religious schools by barring them from participating in a tuition aid program

Murkowski to speak with Alaska education leaders about guns & schools

CrimeJune 15, 2022

Correction: Sen. Murkowski was not one of 10 Republicans to announce support for new gun control measures. Murkowski said the group’s announcement was an encouraging step, but she has not yet given it her backing. Days after announcing that she is open

Murkowski blasted for suggesting U.S. needs new gun control restrictions

FeaturedJune 13, 2022

Alaska AG recused from reviewing use of state funds for private education

EducationJune 7, 2022

As the Alaska Department of Law considers the legality of using state funds to pay for private education costs, Attorney General Treg Taylor has recused himself from reviewing all matters involving the use of homeschool allotments for this purpose. Taylor’s

Anchorage Assembly’s scheme to depose mayor decried as dangerous power grab

FeaturedJune 1, 2022

A long line of angry and impassioned residents assembled on June 1 to testify against a plan by Anchorage Assemblyman Christopher Constant to grant the Assembly power to impeach a duly elected mayor. For nearly four and a half hours people took their three

How the Left hijacks language and recycles old heresies

AbortionMay 31, 2022

Satan and his obedient minions are liars, thieves but, while far more intelligent than humanity, not very original thinkers. G.K. Chesterton said, “Hypocrisy is the tribute that evil pays to good.” Therefore, they must make their evil appear as something

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