
Alaska Health Dept. undercuts CDC guidelines – pushes Hep. B shot for all babies
Despite new recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Alaska’s Health Department is doubling down on its push to have all babies injected with Hepatitis B


Mat-Su voter guide covers free speech, DEI, parent rights, taxes, weed, abortion, LGBT policy
The voter guide asked all candidates for Borough Assembly and School Board to weigh in hot-button cultural issues that deal with free speech, DEI, critical race theory, parental rights, taxation, marijuana, abortion, LGBTQ policies, sex-specific bathrooms and


OPINION: Alaska Health Div. misleads public by undermining new Covid guidelines
Nowhere in the state’s recommendation do I see the CDC requirement that this be an individual-based decision-making shared between the individual and the healthcare provider. Yet, that was the essence of the CDC recommendation. Alaska’s SOE recommendation


‘Values Voter Guide’ shows Fairbanks candidates’ views on key cultural/religious issues
‘Values Voter Guide’ shows where Fairbanks candidates stand on key cultural/religious


Mat-Su adds statement honoring Charlie Kirk in official borough voter guide
The Mat-Su Borough Assembly voted to approve an addition to the voter guide for the Nov. 4 borough election that includes a statement in honor of Charlie Kirk and other victims of political


‘Bearded drag’ queen by night, State of Alaska youth summit guide by day
Alaska State Health Department is marshaling its considerable budget to host a youth summit that includes a keynote speaker who is renowned for his “bearded drag” queen performances in local gay bars and


Kipnuk, Alaska, man guilty of 28 counts of sex assault and sex abuse of 6 children
In a case that highlights the sexual abuse pandemic that has ravaged villages in Alaska for decades, a jury found 36-year-old David Paul guilty of six counts of sexual assault in the first Degree, six counts of sexual assault in the second degree, five counts


Former Soldotna teacher guilty of 24 acts of sex abuse of minor
A Kenai jury found a former Soldotna High School teacher, 37-year-old Nathaniel E. Erfurth, guilty of 24 counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree and four counts of Unlawful Exploitation of a Minor in the First


Final defendant pleads guilty in massive Alaska drug trafficking ring
The final defendant in a large-scale Southeast Alaska drug trafficking conspiracy pleaded guilty on June 17 to conspiring to traffic drugs and launder money connected to a transnational drug trafficking enterprise that includes more than 60 people who have


Alaskan pleads guilty to cyberstalking, sexually exploiting child
The U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Alaska announced that a Shaktoolik man pleaded guilty on May 6 to cyberstalking and sexually exploiting a child to produce child

