Wasilla library book challenge sparks heated public hearing
Emotions ran high during a Nov. 8 book review committee for Wasilla Public Library. The contentious public hearing featured concerned Mat-Su resident Jackie Goforth who formally challenged the suitability of a sexually explicit book that the library considers
Former criminals have seen the light, received grace and become salt and light.
In a world where many in society have been conditioned to look to government to solve their problems, it is both refreshing and unusual to see an example where individual responsibility and hard work, combined with private industry, a generous heart, and
Parent rights advocate implores Mat-Su to turn out for Nov. 8 library book challenge
One of the Mat-Su’s most active and effective conservative activists is calling on parents and concerned community members to turn out for a Nov. 8 book challenge at the Menard Center in
Trust in U.S. media ties all-time low
Nearly seven in 10 Americans say they have “not very much” trust (29%) or “none at all” (39%) when it comes to mass media. This ties the lowest level recorded by a Gallup poll, matching
Fairbanks vandals slash pro-life students’ ‘Free Speech Ball’ at UAF welcoming event
For the second time in less than six months, pro-abortion vandals have attacked a pro-life display at the University of Alaska,
GOP governors urge NCAA to ban gender-confused males from female sports
Nine GOP governors sent a letter to the NCAA, asking the governing college sports organization to change its current policy so that gender-confused males cannot compete in female-only
Mat-Su conference aims to equip Christians to address modern challenges to faith
In an effort to equip Alaska Christians to address intellectual, moral and theological challenges to Christianity, Alaska Bible College is hosting its annual Apologetics Conference Nov. 3-4 in downtown
OPINION: Union poll shows that the vast majority of Mat-Su teachers are cultural leftists
In short, public-school educators flat out oppose the direction of the conservative school board and, by default, the parents and community members who elected
Watchman reader: Those suffering from ‘bodily dysmorphism’ need compassion, not perpetual delusion
Watchman reader: Those suffering from 'bodily dysmorphism' need compassion, not perpetual
Anchorage youth surround Planned Parenthood with pro-life chalk messages
Armed with colorful chalk and a passion to save unborn babies from abortion, a group of Alaska youth created pro-life signs on the sidewalks surrounding the Anchorage Planned Parenthood abortion
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