Anchorage mayor asks health care workers to ‘treat every patient with dignity’
Amid new reports that some patients are facing difficulties getting requested COVID treatments from local hospitals, Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson is calling for calm and compassion on all sides. The mayor’s Oct. 12 statement does not specifically mention
There is no ‘racist mob’ at the Anchorage Assembly meetings
A time-worn tactic of a disingenuous debater is to undermine the character of his opponent without honestly engaging the issue at hand. This is exactly what’s happening in the debate over whether to impose a citywide mask mandate on the citizens of
Public hearing on Anchorage masking nixed as mandate enacted via emergency ordinance
The Anchorage Assembly has cancelled two previously scheduled public hearings on a controversial mask mandate proposal. The cancellations come after the Assembly passed an emergency order on Oct. 12, a move which effectively ended the ongoing public hearing
Volunteers needed to recall leftist Anchorage Assemblywoman Zaletel
The effort to recall Anchorage Assemblywoman Meg Zaletel needs an army of volunteers to walk District 4 and encourage conservatives to vote. After failing to halt the recall through the courts, Zaletel now faces a recall on Oct. 26. She has been one of the
Anchorage mayor’s office says firing equity officer is within his legal authority
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson has named Uluao “Junior” Aumavae as the new chief equity officer for of Anchorage. Aumavae will replace Clifford Armstrong III who was hired in April by the then-acting mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson to track and enforce the
Mat-Su mayoral debate reveals key differences on hot-button issues
A packed crowd turned out for a head-to-head debate between the two candidates vying for the Mat-Su Borough’s mayoral seat. Held Oct. 9 at the Wasilla Senior Center, Edna DeVries and Matthew Beck answered a slew of questions aimed at pinpointing their views
Radical leftists say mask mandate opponents are ‘hate mob’ – plan to protest at Anchorage Assembly
A coalition of far left, socialist, Communist, LGBTQ and pro-critical race theory activists plan to join forces at the Oct. 12 Anchorage Assembly meeting to counter the hundreds of residents who have turned out over multiple nights to testify against a
UPDATE: Hard left pro-abortion candidates dominating Juneau’s elections
Far left candidates have dominated Juneau’s Oct. 5 election. Early returns show them easily beating out pro-life challengers and most other candidates who did not explicitly state whole-hearted support for abortion. As of Friday, Oct. 11, 6,382 ballots have
Public hearing on Anchorage mask mandate cancelled due to COVID contact
The Anchorage Assembly has cancelled tonight’s planned public hearing on a proposed mask mandate after Mayor Dave Bronson announced that one of the senior members of his administration has tested positive for COVID. “This individual was also in close
Alaska State Rep. Eastman explains why he compared Biden to Nazis
Alaska State Representative David Eastman (R-Wasilla) published a new column explaining why he posted a comment on Sept. 16 comparing President Joe Biden to Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime. Eastman originally observed that Biden’s Sept. 9 speech to the nation,
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