OPINION: Before dumping ranked-choice, Alaska conservatives must use it one last time
You can dislike Alaska's ranked-choice voting system and still know how to use it. If conservatives don't, they will lose the governor's
Objective, performance-based Presidential fitness test returning to Alaska Schools
Thanks to efforts by President Trump, Alaska will soon reinstitute the more traditional, performance-based Presidential Physical Fitness Test to challenge and inspire
Bronson is ‘not stepping aside’ in bid to become Alaska’s next governor
One day after The Alaska Story reported that Alaska gubernatorial candidate Dave Bronson signed a document back on May 28 saying he would withdraw his candidacy if he did not win a majority of votes in the primary, Bronson has definitively stated that he’s
REPORT: Anchorage crime surges drive overall state increases
Crime surges across Anchorage drive overall increase in statewide
Alaska gets $16M in social media settlement over ‘predation’ of kids
The agreement resolves claims by Alaska and most other states that Instagram was designed with addictive features, knowingly exposed young users to serious mental harms, and intentionally misled the
Fairbanks Assembly wants homeschool funds tied to testing mandates
Homeschool and parental rights advocates are sounding the alarm over a proposed resolution by the Fairbanks Borough Assembly that urges the State Legislature to require homeschool and correspondence students to take government-run academic tests in order to
U.S. weed smoking hits record high – Alaskans are even higher
The number of Americans who smoke marijuana has reached an all-time high, according to a new Gallup poll, with 17% of U.S. residents now lighting up. The surge in weed use represents more than double the 7% who said they smoked marijuana in
National news highlights Peltola’s chronic absenteeism, missed votes
Alaska’s former U.S. Congresswoman Mary Peltola has a long history of missing key votes and skipping official proceedings while in elected
OPINION: RINO Rep. Stutes concealed her outside, leftists donors from voters
Alaska legislator Louise Stutes finally revealed the identity of the anonymous donors who contributed to her election campaign back in 2022, and just as we suspected, she had good reason to keep their identities secret from
Borough info on Fairbanks hand-count ballot prop is biased, assemblyman says
Fairbanks Assemblyman Brett Rotermund warns that voters are getting a biased and negative perspective on the merits of an initiative that aims to require hand-counting of all borough ballots, while prohibiting electronic voting machines.
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