COVID restrictions aren’t ending anytime soon for Anchorage
The extraordinary powers that Anchorage’s unelected Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson enjoys to impose emergency restrictions and mandates on businesses, churches, schools, individuals and other entities will likely continue unabated until at least April,
1.15 > A Struggle for Liberty
The sum total of current events leads to the inevitable conclusion that newly empowered liberal elites are prepared to dramatically tighten the noose on citizens, businesses, churches, media outlets and other organizations. As this great struggle for liberty
Anchorage pastor clarifies statement condemning D.C. riots and Trump’s words
Editor’s note: The following statement from Pastor Tim Davis, of Chapel by the Sea, was submitted in response to a Jan. 14 Watchman article about a statement that was signed by 12 Anchorage pastors (Pastor Davis included). The pastors’ original
Sen. Murkowski praises House, says it ‘appropriately’ impeached Trump
Unlike her colleague Rep. Don Young, who voted against impeaching President Trump, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski praised the U.S. House of Representatives for its hasty impeachment vote on Jan. 13. Led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi the House voted 232-197 in favor of
OPINION: Elections Still Matter
This past week has been traumatic. Last Wednesday protestors forcefully entered the United States Capitol building and occupied offices and the chambers in an illegal act of defiance over the 2020 presidential elections. These people were not terrorists, they
Anchorage candidates can file for mayor or school board starting Jan. 15
Anchorage residents who aim to run for mayor or school board can officially file for office on Friday, Jan. 15. The April 6 election will include the selection of a new mayor, four school board members and various Service Area Board of Supervisor seats.
Sen. Sullivan defends decision to certify election for Joe Biden
Sen. Dan Sullivan issued a letter defending his Jan. 6 decision to approve the Electoral College votes which officially certified Joe Biden as president elect. The 2,000-plus word letter also addresses the violence that took place at the Capitol building on
AK legislators file bills on abortion, PFD, policing, LGBTQ, judge selection, open meetings, binding caucus & more
If the first round of pre-filed bills is any indication then the upcoming session of the Alaska Legislature will likely entail heated debates over some of the most hotly contested issues of the day. Alaska lawmakers had their first crack at filing bills on
1.7 > Lost Hope, Lost Faith
The riots in the capitol are also understandable much the same way a man who’s family is starving might, in a moment of desperation, steal to feed his family. Utterly wrong actions, but you can get your head around it. They should not come as a surprise
America is at a desperate and dangerous crossroads
What unfolded in our nation’s capital on Jan. 6 was startling. To see protesters push through police barricades, break open windows and doors and flood through the nation’s Capitol building while lawmakers debated the merits of a highly controversial
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