Q&A: Incumbent Fairbanks Assemblywoman vows to defend free speech, private sector, taxpayer wallets
Early voting for the upcoming Oct. 7 Fairbanks Borough elections begins on Sept. 22. In the lead up to the vote, Borough Assembly incumbent Barbara Haney agreed to answer a few questions from the Watchman to explain why she believes having a strong
Gov. Dunleavy: Charlie Kirk’s courage, grace & embrace of free speech should challenge us all
He did not choose safe ground or sympathetic audiences. Instead, he visited college campuses where he knew his ideas would be challenged, sometimes shouted down. He believed that truth must be spoken in every place, not just the comfortable
Alaska asks U.S. Supremes to end federal overreach on Alaska’s navigable waters
The State of Alaska is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether the federal government can regulate navigable waters within Alaska that are not “public lands” under federal
Radical leftists in Alaska celebrate assassination of Charlie Kirk
From local business owners to legislative aids, a number of hard leftists in Alaska have taken to social media to publicly expressed their disdain – and even hatred - for conservative apologist Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot in the neck during a campus
Sitka School Board blocks citizens from mentioning teacher who lauded bloody attack on local conservative
The Sitka School Board shut down a group of upset citizens who showed up to a recent meeting to express their concerns about a local middle school teacher who praised a violent attack that landed a local conservative man in the hospital with a concussion,
Alaska Troopers seek advanced night-vision goggles for SWAT teams
The Alaska State Troopers’ (AST) Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) program is seeking to acquire advanced night vision goggles for officers who serve in the tactical law enforcement program, a group tasked with resolving critical incidents that exceed the
OPINION: 2 more innocent women killed as leftist ideology devolves into horror
27 of the 30 worst cities for crime in this country are run by Democrats. It may be that they have enacted policies lenient to criminals in an effort to equalize social justice. However, you do not atone for the sins of the past by sacrificing the youth of
OPINION: In Juneau, unlike Soviet Kiev, we do not ‘whisper our prayers’ or hide our faith
As I reminded my daughter during her Bat Mitzvah held in Juneau in 2004, “Elena, in America, we do not whisper our prayers, and we do not hide our faith. If we glow together as a nation, and believe in the wisdom of Judeo-Christian values and traditions,
BOB BIRD: False compassion leads to greater suffering
We suffer from false compassion - calling unnatural things, natural, and making a pitiable, yet treatable psychosis, into a “new
Glen Biegel: Unpacking the left’s disdain for prayer and love of gun control
Jenn Psaki and many millions of poorly educated believers and non-believers tell us to stop praying. Praying is not an action, and we need action. We need control. The appeal to God is not control
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