Fairbanks middle school website directs students to explore LGBTQ sexuality
Ryan Middle School in Fairbanks is using public resources to encourage youth to question and explore their sexual orientation, gender identity and how to engage in various sexual acts, while directing kids with sexual questions to speak confidentially to
Surging Tshibaka blasts Murkowski for skipping oil & gas debate & refusing to defend record
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski skipped the Oct. 11 ConocoPhillips candidate forum in Anchorage, but conservative Republican challenger Kelly Tshibaka is not letting the 21-year incumbent off the hook. To be fair, it probably wouldn’t have been an easy for
Anchorage schools fail to improve dismal reading skills
Despite a revamped approach to teaching reading, the Anchorage School District’s latest reading proficiency report reveals that students in grades K-2 are actually getting worse when it comes to achieving a basic skills. An October report shows that the
Amid rising vagrancy, Palmer to hold townhall meeting
The historic Mat-Su farm community in Palmer is experiencing some of the big-city vagrancy problems that have plagued larger urban populations for decades. With rising reports of public defecation, litter and even threats of violence, the city is set to hold
Palin’s embrace of LGBT Republican endorsement raises serious issues for conservatives
Jesus gave us a “new command” to love one another as he has loved us and by it, the world will know we are his disciples. (John 13:34-35) Scripture is full of passages teaching us to love our enemies and friends alike and that even if we can move
Anchorage events to unpack critical race theory, ‘progressive’ Christianity
Anchorage-based Wisdom Apologetics is continuing its “Candid Conversations” series this fall and winter with presentations on critical race theory, progressive Christianity and other hot-button cultural and religious issues. Over the summer, the group
Man up for Life
Prolife prayer vigils are often dominated by the presence of dedicated and deeply committed women sharing hope and alternatives with mothers who feel trapped into no other option having their unborn babies killed at an abortion center. With acts of violence,
Fairbanks Republicans say borough clerk is denying meaningful access to election observers
Republicans in Fairbanks say the borough clerk has imposed unlawful rules which effectively deny them any meaningful ability to oversee the verification of absentee and questioned ballots. Barbara Tyndall, District 33 chair for the Republican Party, said she
Research shows massive potential for North Slope heavy oil production
New research conducted by the Institute for Northern Engineering’s Petroleum Development Lab at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, demonstrates potential for commercial production of billions of barrels of heavy oil under existing fields on Alaska’s
OPINION: Rett Syndrome is defined by hope, love and difficult challenges
October is Rett Syndrome Awareness Month, but what is Rett? Most people have never heard of it unless someone they love is diagnosed through a genetic test. That’s what happened to our family when my beautiful granddaughter, Leah, was diagnosed three
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