Lt. Gov. candidate Sen. Mike Shower announces resignation from State Legislature
Alaska State Sen. Mike Shower (R – Wasilla) has officially ended his nearly decade long tenure in the Alaska
UAA’s new College of Health dean is a former senior CDC official who marched in lockstep with Dr. Fauci
The new head of the College of Health for the University of Alaska Anchorage is a divisive national figure who marched in lockstep with Dr. Anthony Fauci to push a wide array of controversial Covid protocols such as universal masking, shuttering churches,
OPINION: Irreconcilable ethnic rivalry is not a predetermined fate
Conflicts based on unmet human needs - such as security, identity, dignity, and recognition - cannot be resolved through simple
OPINION: Government shutdown highlights need to privatize how we help the poor
Nobody can deny that our country should be compassionate to poor people who need food assistance; however, the government shutdown has illuminated that there is a large amount of fraud and waste in these programs intended to help
Kenai man indicted for sex crimes during time as church leader
On Oct. 30, a Kenai grand jury indicted 45-year-old Aaron “Scott” Merritt on multiple counts, charging him with sexually abusing four girls between the ages of 5 and 14 who were congregants of Kenai’s Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s
Fairbanks district loses another 589 students, many opting for homeschool
The standard, brick and mortar government education model continues to decline in Fairbanks, where the school district is reporting the loss of another 589 students this
Kenai homeschooling surges while most other schools below projection
While the overall student population is declining in the Kenai Peninsula School District, homeschooling is bursting at the
EDITORIAL: Will Mat-Su stay conservative? A tiny fraction of voters will decide
Of the nearly 100,000 registered voters in the Mat-Su Borough, roughly 10,000 to 15,000 will likely decide who gets to enact local laws, craft school policy and shape the political landscape in the coming
Palmer Council votes to impose fines for illegal camping on public property
The Palmer City Council voted 4-1 to begin imposing fines on those who illegally camp in parks and other public properties within the
Self-professed ‘EnviroQueers’ boast of ‘outsized impact’ on future of Fairbanks
If a well-heeled and determined environmentalist group has its way, the next few years will bring about climate-change inspired mandates, the end of fossil fuels, carbon taxation, roadblocks to state and federal efforts at expanding oil, gas and mineral
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