TODAY: With 2 active COVID cases Wrangell aims to resurrect mask mandate, impose travel restrictions
The City and Borough of Wrangell, with a population of about 2,300 residents, is considering reinstituting a mask mandate and imposing its own travel restrictions. This is despite the fact that there are only two reported active COVID cases in the area. The
Anchorage libraries continue rapid transformation into bastions of leftist ideology
Libraries across Anchorage will continue their rapid transformation as local epicenters against so-called systemic racism, white privilege and social inequity. They will also expand their self-proclaimed role as champions of LGBTQ diversity and inclusion.
Gov. Dunleavy cuts all ties with Sen. Lora Reinbold over COVID disputes
Gov. Mike Dunleavy sent a scathing letter to Sen. Lora Reinbold (R-Eagle River), claiming she abused her office as a state senator in accusing him of grossly mismanaging Alaska’s COVID response. The Feb. 18 letter tells Reinbold that she has “abdicated
Assembly looks to enshrine mandatory masks in Anchorage code
Several Anchorage Assembly members want to permanently enshrine the mandatory wearing of facemasks in city code. Assembly members Meg Zaletel, Suzanne LaFrance and John Weddleton plan to bring forward the proposal at the Jan. 26 Assembly meeting. The
Judge to rule by Jan. 25 on merits of effort to recall Anchorage Assemblyman Rivera
Oral arguments were heard Jan. 21 in Anchorage Superior Court over whether an effort to recall Anchorage Assembly Chair Felix Rivera is valid and should proceed to a vote of the people. He is set for a recall vote at the April 6 election for failure to carry
Left-leaning political activist group awarded 53K to produce ‘objective’ Anchorage voter guide
The Municipality of Anchorage has renewed its partnership with a left-leaning political activist group to inform voters about candidates and ballot initiatives in the upcoming April 6 mail-in election. The Anchorage Assembly approved the continued
Will the muni tank its defense of Anchorage’s right to recall Assemblyman Rivera?
It wasn’t easy, but after braving bitter cold temperatures, and driving wind, rain and snow an army of 300 signature gatherers succeeded in compiling 5,000 plus names of Anchorage residents who want to recall Assembly Chair Felix Rivera. All this was
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,
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
Fairbanks woman travels to D.C to join massive march against election fraud
Conservative Fairbanks activist Kelly Lindsey Nash boarded a plane on Jan. 4 and headed to Washington, D.C., for what could be the largest political rally ever held in the nation’s capital. The Stop The Steal rally officially begins on Jan. 6, when
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