CDC puts experimental Covid jabs on ‘routine’ childhood vax schedule
The CDC has officially added experimental Covid jabs to the routine childhood vaccination schedule. The final decision came on Oct. 20, one day after a CDC advisory committee made the recommendation on voted 15-0 vote. The controversial decision to approve
Fairbanks school scrubs website of LGBTQ links following Watchman report
Ryan Middle School in Fairbanks promptly scrubbed its website of all links to LGBTQ material following an Oct. 13 Alaska Watchman report which detailed how the school was using its public resources to encourage 6th-8th graders to question and explore their
Second Fairbanks middle school sparks controversy over LGBTQ offerings
After it was discovered that Fairbanks’ Randy Smith Middle School was preparing to launch an explicitly LGBTQ “explorations” class for 6th-8th grade students during academic instruction time, the school quickly changed the description of the class and
Fairbanks middle school website directs students to explore LGBTQ sexuality
Ryan Middle School in Fairbanks is using public resources to encourage youth to question and explore their sexual orientation, gender identity and how to engage in various sexual acts, while directing kids with sexual questions to speak confidentially to
Amid rising vagrancy, Palmer to hold townhall meeting
The historic Mat-Su farm community in Palmer is experiencing some of the big-city vagrancy problems that have plagued larger urban populations for decades. With rising reports of public defecation, litter and even threats of violence, the city is set to hold
Pro-life students head north to expose Murkowski’s radical abortion record
Students for Life Action (SFLAction) has deployed a group of grassroot activists to Fairbanks, Alaska, from September 22-26 with the aim of knocking on 8,700 doors to inform voters about the radical pro-abortion stances taken by incumbent U.S. Sen. Lisa
Judge set to decide whether Rep. Eastman can appear on Nov. 8 ballot
By Thursday morning, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna will decide whether conservative State Rep. David Eastman (R-Wasilla) will be allowed to appear on the Nov. 8 ballot. In a Sept. 20 hearing, Eastman’s attorney – former U.S. Senate candidate
OPINION: Anchorage Assembly should amicably confirm mayor’s pick for city attorney
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson has tapped local attorney Mario Bird to serve as city attorney, but he must make it through a Sept. 13 vote in order to officially fill the post. He has been serving in the capacity on an interim basis, awaiting final
Mat-Su School Board partially rescinds controversial transgender guideline
With a packed room of highly concerned parents on hand, the Mat-Su School Board voted 5-1 on Sept. 7 to rescind one part of a 2015 guideline that had previously allowed gender-confused students to access locker rooms and bathrooms that were not in alignment
As Anchorage enrollment implodes, school superintendent warns of $68M deficit
The Anchorage School District is shrinking, both in the sheer number of students and the revenue attached to each child it fails to enroll. In FY24 the district expects to face an estimated $68 million budget deficit. This is partly due to the fact that
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