Sen. Sullivan applauds AK Railroad for rescinding vax mandate, urges others to follow
Sen. Dan Sullivan, in an Oct. 29 interview on Fox Business Network, urged employers across the country not to fire workers who refuse to comply with President Joe Biden’s COVID shot mandates for federal employees and contractors. Sullivan applauded the
Amid supply chain crisis, major Alaska trucking company imposes vax mandate
One of Alaska’s leading trucking companies that transports supplies throughout the U.S. and Canada, announced that all its employees and private contractors must get COVID shots. An Oct. 8 letter from Alaska West Express President Eric Badger states that
2021 report: Alaska schools fail to teach basic reading, writing and math
Alaska Policy Forum (APF), a nonprofit think tank in Anchorage, published a new interactive map showing that Alaska’s public schools are failing to teach basic reading, writing and math skills. The new report reveals that a full two-thirds of public school
Mat-Su hospital denies wife ability to call or video conference with ailing husband
Due to hospital COVID policies, Mat-Su Regional Medical Center won’t allow family members or friends to visit with ailing patients. This has created heightened anxiety for friends and relatives whose only access to loved ones is limited to phone or video
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Ballots to recall Anchorage Assemblywoman Meg Zaletel are in the mail
The effort to recall leftist Anchorage Assemblywoman Meg Zaletel has begun in earnest. On Oct. 4, the city mailed out 36,209 ballots to registered voters who live in Zaletel’s Assembly District 4. Ballots must be returned by Oct. 26 at 8 p.m. While Zaletel
WATCH: Mayor says proposed Anchorage mask mandate will ‘turn neighbors against neighbors’
In the lead up to the Sept. 28 Anchorage Assembly meeting (which continues Sept. 29 with public testimony starting at 6 p.m.), Mayor Dave Bronson urged residents to turn out in opposition to a proposed mask mandate that he says will divide the city and turn
Open letter to 4 Palmer City Council members: My opposition is not personal, but based on policy
Editor’s note: At the Aug. 24 Palmer City Council meeting, the writer of this letter, Mike Coons, raised concerns that Council Members Sebrena Combs, Julie Berberich, Brian Daniels and Jill Valerius may have violated the Alaska Open Meetings Act by
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Seven Fairbanks candidates affirm strong pro-life, pro-family and conservative values
The Alaska Watchman sent a list of hard-hitting questions to all candidates running for local office in Fairbanks, including borough mayor, assembly, school board and city council. Our intent is to give voters a clear sense of who the socially and fiscally
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