Amid mass student exodus, Anchorage voters asked to approve $79.4M for school projects
In the midst of school closures, rapidly declining student enrollment and thousands of children seeking homeschooling and private education options, the Anchorage Assembly is asking voters to take on an additional $80 million in bond debt for school
POLITICS & RELIGION: Unique Anchorage candidate forum will focus on biblical truth
In an effort to highlight and pray for God-fearing candidates in Anchorage’s upcoming April election, Alaska Family Action is hosting a candidate forum on March
Bangladeshi charged with running ‘prolific’ child sex ring faces Alaska court
Zobaidul Amin, 28, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Alaska with charges related to his alleged abuse and exploitation of hundreds of minor victims in Alaska, and elsewhere in the United States and
If Jay Hammond & Clem Tillion could still speak, what might they say about today’s PFD?
What would the most ardent historical supporters of the Alaska's PFD - Jay Hammond and Clem Tillion - say about the current state of
OPINION: Alaskans must oppose the silent genocide in our midst
Manufactured to kill innocent people, this drug cocktail results in a serious medical emergency in one out of nine women who take it. This includes events like sepsis, infection, hemorrhaging, ER visits, hospitalizations, transfusions or
Alaska’s passionately independent private and home educators set for 40th conference
Alaska’s only statewide Christian organization that promotes independent private and home education is gearing up for its 40th anniversary conference later this month in
OPINION: Alaska Heartbeat Act aims to protect preborn babies
Heart cells within a preborn baby begin to collectively pulse at five weeks’ gestation, and a recognizable heartbeat is typically detected by week six. Vance’s bill would prohibit aborting a baby after a heartbeat is medically
Scythe-bearing animal rights extremists to ‘hover’ over Iditarod crowd as Grim Reapers
Alaskans who turn out for the multi-day festivities surrounding the start of the 54th annual Iditarod Sled Dog Race will be met by radical costumed animal rights activists who aim to cloud the celebration with a so-called “specter of
ALERT: Anchorage voters must register by March 8 to vote in April
Since Anchorage elections are mail-in affairs, ballots will be sent to voters’ homes, which means updated addresses are
Mat-Su eyes replacing skyrocketing property taxes with sales tax
Mat-Su Borough residents might soon vote to relegate their property taxes to the dustbin of history. The Borough Assembly is set to introduce a proposal that would largely eliminate increasingly burdensome property taxes and replace them with the region’s
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