Palmer’s recall election inspires largest voter turnout in years
The successful effort to remove three Palmer City Council members featured the highest voter turnout of any city election for at least the past six years. According to the final vote tally, 877 ballots were counted in the April 19 special election. That’s
Defeated conservative candidates look at what’s next for Anchorage & how to turn the tide
With strong leftist majorities still firmly in control of the Anchorage Assembly and School Board following the April 5 Municipal election, the Alaska Watchman reached out to several conservative candidates who lost their elections to find out whether they
Vast majority of passengers & crew enjoy mask free flights, as Biden appeals ruling
For the past three days, the vast majority of airline passengers, flight attendants, pilots and airport staff in several airports across the nation have enjoyed breathing freely – mask free. The Watchman has conducted several in-person polls at airports
AK Airlines implements cross-dressing, gender bending corporate policy
Alaska Airlines has now given its official corporate stamp of approval to employees who wish to cross-dress, sport gender-nonconforming hairstyles or wear makeup and nail polish to appear as the opposite sex. Last month, the airlines proudly announced new
Fairbanks educators want backing to teach ‘controversial issues’ to kids
At its April 19 meeting, the Fairbanks School Board began early consideration of a policy change that would require the district’s superintendent and educational administrators to support teachers who wish to explore controversial issues during classroom
Alaska Airline CEO among those saying mask mandates ‘make no sense’
President Joe Biden is ignoring calls from top airline executives, including Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci, to ditch the federal mask mandates for public transportation. The mandates, which extend to airplanes and airports, were set to expire on April 18,
Why won’t Alaska’s health department promote abstinence until marriage?
Alaska continues to be plagued by embarrassingly high rates of sexually transmitted diseases. We are consistently in the top 10 for gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia. These are preventable diseases that spread due to rampant, multi-partner sexual behavior,
Vital, concrete steps Alaskans must take to restore the culture
On April 6 Alaska Watchman editor Joel Davidson asked as a title of his article “What are we to do with Anchorage as it is?” Well, I have an answer for Joel, Anchorage and frankly for all of Alaska. I am Ted Smith, Director of the Alaska Colson Fellows
Why I left the Republican Party
No political party is perfect. It is a matter of reading the platforms, understanding the issues, learning the ropes and then – literally – picking your poison. All parties have subtle differences within them, but they are also united by common core
AK Senate bill bans forced speech in schools, requires curriculum transparency
The Alaska State Senate is considering a bill that would require government-run schools to display on their websites all training material used for teachers, curriculum and school procedures, as well as the title and author of materials, and any organizations
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