Noncompetitive Iditarod musher finishes before all actual racers
A billionaire Norwegian businessman, who contributed $300,000 to the Iditarod and was allowed to run a team under special rules, has completed the nearly 1,000-mile trail ahead of the actual competitive mushers who are vying for the 2026
OPINION: Clean coal & data centers could propel Mat-Su growth for decades
Alaska often says it wants jobs, a stronger revenue base without an income tax, a healthy dividend, and an economy that is not dependent only on oil and the Permanent Fund. Yet when opportunities appear, we sometimes shut the door before the discussion even
Despite $5.3M deficit, Juneau School Board adds free breakfast for all kids
In spite of a looming $5.3 million deficit, the Juneau School Board thinks it’s a good idea to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to give out free breakfasts to all students, regardless of their families’ financial
‘Fisherman’ Peltola accepts funds from radical anti-fishing lobbyist
While U.S. senatorial candidate Mary Peltola regularly boasts of her fishing exploits and repeatedly recounts working in the family fish camp, she has also accepted donations from a lobbyist who seeks to end fishing in all its
OPINION: When politicians claim to support voter ID, but oppose actual reforms
Sen. Murkowski recently tried to defend her opposition to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. Like many politicians who claim to support voter ID and election integrity, she opposes the very reforms that would meaningfully strengthen
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
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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