Rural Alaska elementary teacher convicted of 14 sexual felonies
A Bethel jury found elementary teacher John Mark Hammons guilty of 14 counts of sexual felonies. The Aug. 4 verdict followed a three-week trial for the 49-year-old Hammonds, who worked as a both a schoolteacher and coach at the Akiachak school, while also
They’re back: State of Alaska’s online pro-vaccine jab series returns
The State of Alaska, in partnership with UAA, is bringing back its monthly series pushing all things pro-vaccination. Heavily pushed during the Covid outbreak to disseminate the CDC’s pro-vaccination messaging, the ECHO series resumes Aug. 14 with monthly
Take charge: How to stop drag queens from infiltrating next year’s Southeast Alaska Fair
In an effort to expose residents of Haines to the controversial world of drag queens, the Southeast Alaska State Fair paraded six performers on its mainstage last week for an all-ages show. The garish, cross-dressing dancers – wearing heavy makeup and
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REPORT: Florida students far outperform Alaska’s
A new report from the Alaska Policy Forum breaks the ongoing struggles of Alaska students and compares them to similarly situated students in Florida who are excelling in academics. The report looks at data from the 2022 National Assessment of Educational
Ahead of Alaska trip, detransitioner tells Congress to ban ‘barbaric’ cross-sex mutilation of kids
Influential “detransitioner” Chloe Cole, who is headed to Alaska in August, spoke before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee last week about the barbaric practice of sexually “transitioning” children so they can appear as the opposite sex. Cole,
Gov. Dunleavy wants Alaskans to celebrate their guns across the month of August
In an Aug. 1 decree that acknowledged Alaska’s love of firearms and hunting, Gov. Mike Dunleavy proclaimed August to be “Shooting Sports Month” in Alaska. Noting that “countless Alaskans rely on and take pride in the ability to utilize firearms to
Alaskans aim to fill Anchorage library as part of national move to combat leftist dogma
In an effort to encourage faith-based and family-friendly content at community libraries across the nation, an Alaska organization has booked the Loussac Library for a virtue-based children’s story hour in Anchorage. Inspired as a reaction against Drag
Report urges specific actions to fix Alaska’s food security challenges
The Alaska Food Strategy Task Force (AFSTF) released the first of two reports with its recommendations on three of its seven assigned focus areas centered on improving food security and independence in Alaska. AFSTF Chair, Senator Shelley Hughes, applauded
Biden admin takes aim at school archery, hunter safety classes in Alaska and across the U.S.
In a move that could impact popular student archery and hunter safety courses across Alaska, the Biden administration is now withholding key federal funding for elementary and secondary schools that provide archery or hunting classes. The U.S. Department of
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