Eaglexit urges repeal of regulation blocking ability to break from Anchorage
The longstanding grassroots movement seeking to separate Eagle River/Chugiak from the Municipality of Anchorage and create a new home-rule borough is urging supporters to join a call to repeal a regulation that currently blocks the
Lawmaker urges ‘immediate cease’ of chemical-seeded clouds over Alaska
In the wake of a 19-million-gallon rainfall from chemically seeded clouds above the Kenai Peninsula last week, State Rep. Sarah Vance is calling on state authorities to order an immediate cease-and-desist of any further cloud-seeding or weather-modification
Court orders one change to Alaska ballot measure aimed at ending ranked-choice voting
The high court’s only change was to order the state to include wording explaining that a successful repeal of ranked-choice voting would result in candidates for governor and lieutenant governor running separately, as they have in the
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
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
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
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.
OPINION: Alaska’s primary offers conservatives cause for hope
It would be easy for conservative Republicans to get discouraged with the results of Tuesday’s primary. The Democrats did well in the statewide races, and they are going to be using that success as a talking point right up until the general
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