The arrival of Russian Old Believers in Alaska (part 2 of 2)
Editor’s note: Click here to read part one of this series. The most orthodox group, recoiling under the threat of cultural erosion resulting from the compromises necessary to co–exist with the host culture, exercised the ultimate strategy of exodus to a
Ridding Anchorage library of transgender child propaganda takes a joint effort
A concerned mom contacted the Alaska Watchman the other day to inform us that the Anchorage Loussac Library was prominently displaying a children’s picture book that promotes transgender fluidity to young kids. The book, “Jack (Not Jackie),” sat atop a
Global migration of Russian Old Believers in Alaska (part 1)
The darkest time of the day is before the sunrise. America is the sunrise for the Russian Old Believers in Alaska. Within a few decades of the Great Schism of the 17th century, many Old Believers escaped Russia to densely wooded areas of Belorussia and
Violent Mat-Su wind storm expected to continue until 6 p.m. tonight
Violent winds continue to rip through the Mat-Su Borough for the third straight day. The valley is covered in branches, downed trees, broken powerlines and overturned semitrucks. Tens of thousands of homes are without power and massive snow berms have made
Closed-minded Alaska docs wage character attacks on colleagues
Many Alaskans are reeling as they witness the vicious character attacks by a large cohort of physicians against their own peers. In November 2021 Alaska Covid Alliance hosted a well-attended early Covid-19 treatment conference, which was widely panned as
Here’s to Alaska’s heroic lights of 2021
The past year has entailed profound challenges – sickness, death, oppressive mandates, forced firings, destructive ideologies that undermine human sexuality and identity, fresh attacks on traditional American values and parental rights, old and emerging
AK lawmakers to host 2nd listening session on mandates, threats to liberty
Two weeks before the start of the upcoming session of the Alaska Legislature, a group of conservative state lawmakers is holding the second part of a listening session that deals with oppressive Covid mandates and threats personal liberties in Alaska. Hosted
Private fireworks are legal in Mat-Su borough for New Years
Mat-Su Borough residents who live outside city limits are free to shoot off fireworks on private property to ring in the new year. A Dec. 30 notice from the borough clarifies that using fireworks will be legal “only on New Year’s Eve beginning at 6
Anchorage mayor wants to let voters elect powerful city clerk
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson has submitted an ordinance to the Anchorage Assembly that would amend the city’s charter to make the Municipal Clerk an elected position. Currently, the clerk is appointed by the Assembly and supervises all municipal elections.
Alaska’s entrenched governmental bureaucrats must be weeded out
Behind every elected official, whether governor or school board member, lies a powerful network of entrenched governmental employees who direct the day-to-day operations of representative democracy. These commissioners, secretaries, assistant
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