ALERT: If you’re voting in Anchorage today, don’t just drop your ballot in a mailbox
For Anchorage residents who have waited until today (April 5) to vote in the citywide election, it is imperative that they do not simply drop their ballot in a post office box. Doing so may negate your vote because your ballot envelope may not get stamped in
Ineligible North Carolina couple gets Anchorage ballots, local voters have none
Last month, Anchorage sent mail-in ballots to the 210,000 people who are supposedly registered voters for the Municipality of Anchorage. Over the past couple of weeks, however, it has become clear that some ballots were sent to ineligible voters, while other
Sarah Palin joins crowded list vying to replace Rep. Young
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has announced she is running to replace the late Rep. Don Young. Palin is listed among the 51 candidates who have entered the special primary election (set for June 11) to fill out the remaining months of Young’s term.
Anchorage students trained to embrace woke political activism
Under the stated aim of empowering youth to better engage the democratic process, Anchorage Youth Vote has spent the past two decades encouraging Anchorage School District students to embrace a litany of far-left political causes. Youth Vote was founded by
Kenai Courthouse protest to resume against state officials thwarting grand jury investigations
Alaskans concerned about the inability of state grand juries to investigate corrupt judges and officials, held a protest outside the Kenai Courthouse on March 30. The next demonstration is set for Wednesday, April 6. More than 30 people attended the first
Mat-Su Prayer Breakfast to focus on Native spiritual needs, Pt. MacKenzie development
A group of Mat-Su Christians will gather in Wasilla on April 9 to pray for local political figures and contemporary issues as well as for the spiritual needs of Alaska’s Native communities. Alaska State Representative Kevin McCabe (R-Big Lake) will speak
Watch: Rep. Don Young’s memorial service will be livestreamed
The memorial service for the late Congressman Don Young will be broadcast live from St. Francis Episcopal Church in Great Falls, VA. Young died on March 18 at the age of 88. He was the Dean of the House, having served in Congress for 49 years and 12 days, the
Political lines form in push to recall leftist Palmer City Council members
With early voting in Palmer now underway to recall three far-left city council members, political lines have been drawn in the small Mat-Su town. Many community leaders, on both the left and right, have taken opposing sides on the recall election, which began
The real architects behind the woke agenda appearing across Mat-Su
In the wake of the heated controversy over the Palmer Chamber of Commerce’s failed attempt to rebrand the historic Palmer Colony Days celebration into “The Braided River Festival,” the Watchman has discovered one major corporate power behind this push
Palmer Chamber dumps attempt to impose woke rebrand on historic ‘Colony Days’
Three days after the Palmer Chamber of Commerce announced it had “rebranded” the historic “Colony Days” celebration to “The Braided River Festival” the organization issued a public apology and unanimously reversed course. Not only did the Chamber
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