Former Alaskan Independence Party chair blasts state’s claim that party is ‘dissolved’
“Truly, this entire affair will go down in state history as an example of mismanagement by state employees and legal ‘experts,’ who have ignored the persistent requests for a hearing and then produced an outcome that is supposed to be respected,” Bird
Former Bethel police officer convicted for assaulting suspect during arrest
Last week, following a six-day trial, a Bethel jury found 39-year-old Jonathan Murphy guilty of Assault in the fourth degree, providing false information implicating another in a crime, and tampering with public records in the second
Big-name, tax-and-spend leftists back Kreiss-Tomkins for Alaska governor
Many of Alaska’s most committed hard-leftist politicians have lined up to endorse one of their own for governor - former State Rep. Jonathan
Governor urges Alaskans ‘from every corner’ to join pro-life march
Gov. Mike Dunleavy hopes the upcoming Alaska March for Life will be the largest pro-life gathering in the history of the
Alaska bill that could vastly expand chemical abortion passes House committee
Highly controversial legislation is under consideration in the Alaska Legislature that critics say will drastically expand chemical abortions around the
Walmart drops abortion drug, ditches trans surgery coverage for minors
Walmart, which has 9 Alaska stores, no longer sells the chemical abortion drug mifepristone, and its employee healthcare coverage now excludes so-called “gender transition care” for
Survey asks if Fairbanks borough should expand regs, mandates and enforcement powers
Notably, the survey is heavily weighted towards left-leaning initiatives when it comes to land-use regulations, government enforcement powers, building mandates and environmentalist goals. It contains no questions about reducing taxes, easing regulations or
OPINION: President’s Day and the many men who violated our Constitution
A look at today’s President’s Day is discouraging, but only if you take the Constitution seriously. Today’s standard of what makes an action of the federal government “constitutional” has several different interpretations, all of them
Climate activists seize on youth lawsuit to advance war on Alaska fossil fuels
Radical climate alarmists aim to flood an Alaska Supreme Court hearing on March 4 to generate attention surrounding another youth-led lawsuit aimed at derailing the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas
Fairbanks Assembly OK’s $33 million for lavish animal shelter
After hearing impassioned testimony from both sides of the issue, the Fairbanks Borough Assembly voted 7-2 to push forward with constructing a lavish and highly controversial $33 million animal control facility that critics have dubbed “The Puppy
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