While Alaska nixed Columbus Day in 2015, Trump proclamation honors ‘American hero’
While Alaskans haven’t officially celebrated Columbus Day for a decade now, it remains one of 10 federal holidays and continues to be celebrated in most states on the second Monday in October (Oct. 13 this
Enough soundbites: AK leaders must dismantle barriers to energy independence
Alaska repeatedly fails to launch major projects that would secure energy independence, create jobs, and restore fiscal sustainability. The culprit isn’t a lack of federal interest or industrial potential. It is Alaska’s own state legislature and its
REP. MCCABE: It’s time to end taxpayer funding of partisan NPR media
Defunding NPR wouldn’t silence it; it would simply put it on the same playing field as every other media company. Let it earn its place in the market, not rely on taxpayers to keep it
Satanic ‘Christmas’ tree included in Fairbanks Winter Solstice Fest
Adorned with red lights and pro-abortion messaging, a Satanic-themed “Christmas” tree was on full display during one of the most popular family holiday events in Fairbanks this past
OPINION: Texas & Alaska: Unilateral v. Peaceful Secession – Part 1
With the border crisis in Texas and elsewhere, talk of secession has cropped up in serious circles: presidential candidate Nikki Haley had to walk back some statements. Jim Abbott and the support Texas has received from other states to defy the federal
Alaska continues paying for transgender surgeries and drugs, while other states refuse
While dozens of Republican-led states are moving decisively to restrict or prohibit irreversible transgender surgeries, cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers, Alaska continues to spend public money to underwrite these devastating practices, both for adults
Federal judge says Penn. school district must permit ‘After School Satan Clubs’
Schools in Alaska and around the nation are already dealing with sexually explicit library books, transgender athletic controversies, parental rights violations and large numbers of failing students. Now, The Satanic Temple is opening afterschool clubs in the
AK Medical Freedom summit to feature Frontline docs & national experts on civil liberties
The Alaska Medical Freedom Symposium will feature internationally known medical doctors and others who actively defend Americans’ rights to access early treatment alternatives for Covid, while resisting unconstitutional vaccine mandates or federal
Mat-Su urged to ‘dump Dominion machines’ for upcoming elections
A coordinated group of Mat-Su residents attended the July 19 Mat-Su Borough Assembly meeting requesting that the borough become the first in Alaska to scrap all of its Dominion ballot tabulation machines. In a string of about 25 testimonies that spanned an
No monkeypox cases in Alaska, but state is prepping health workers
The Alaska Section of Epidemiology sent a CDC advisory to health care workers late last week which details the outbreak of monkeypox virus, and encourages Alaska health care workers to help obtain clinical specimens for testing in the days ahead. “No
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