Controversial issues spark heated debate at Fairbanks School Board
After a lengthy and heated discussion over whether teachers should be given a mandate to interject controversial issues into Fairbanks classrooms, the Fairbanks School Board unanimously struck down a proposed revision to its policy last week. The conservative
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
Early returns indicate Palmer will recall 3 leftist city council members
If election night results hold, it appears Palmer voters will be successful in recalling three leftist city council members – Sabrena Combs, Brian Daniels and Jill Valerius. As of 9 p.m. on election day, April 19, about 63% of voters had voted to remove the
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
Palmer recall vote set for April 19, and over 300 residents have already voted
The high stakes Palmer recall vote is officially set for Tuesday, but as of the April 16 tally, 318 residents had already swung by City Hall or mailed in their ballots early. That’s nearly half the turnout from the last regular election and the official
Covid vax injury reporting system launches as alternative to CDC
In an effort to more accurately record the adverse events and deaths associated with Covid shots, Truth For Health Foundation has launched its global Citizens Vaccine Injury Reporting System (CVIRS) – in English, Spanish, and Chinese. The aim is to provide
Chickaloon tribal police expansion to serve local and rural communities
Chickaloon Native Village is in the early stages of revamping and expanding its tribal police force with the long-term goal of providing a unique law enforcement arrangement to Alaska Native tribes in areas where policing is historically limited or
Anchorage Assemblyman Weddleton concedes to conservative challenger
John Weddleton, a member of the Anchorage Assembly’s leftist majority for the past six years, has conceded to conservative challenger Randy Sulte. At the last official vote count, on April 8, Sulte was ahead by roughly 450 votes over Weddleton – 7,924 to
Tshibaka calls Murkowski’s vote for Supreme Court pick ‘heartbreaking and offensive’
U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka blasted Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s April 7 vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. Murkowski was one of three Republicans to break ranks with their party and join all 50 Democrats in confirming
The wisdom I gleaned along a Kiev river reverberates today
Anatoly Mikhailovich Mikisha was a talented and accomplished mathematician in his late 30s. He was a rocket scientist, working in the Moscow Aviation Institute in the 1960s and 1970s – the years I knew and communicated with him. At that time, it was the
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