Anchorage Mayor Bronson notes triumphs & mistakes from 1st year in office
Since I took office last year on July 1, significant progress and advancement have been made on the priorities established at the onset of my administration. When it comes to public safety, economic development, the Port of Alaska, homelessness, property
OPINION: Violation of Grand Jury rights poses constitutional crisis for Alaska
Article 1, Section 8 of the Alaska Constitution states: “The power of grand juries to investigate and make recommendations concerning the public welfare or safety shall never be suspended.” Most Alaskans would never believe that our judicial
Mayor blasts Anchorage Assembly’s ‘partisan’ vote to assume impeachment powers over him
Amid a contentious six-hour meeting, the leftist supermajority of the Anchorage Assembly voted 9-3 to give itself the power to remove any current or future mayor and replace them with a person of their choosing. The July 12 vote to approve the new measure
Anchorage outreach to hold ‘candid’ conversation on homosexuality
Amidst mass confusion surrounding gender identity and human sexuality, an Anchorage-based apologetics group is holding the second in a three-part series titled, “Candid Conversations on Gender and Sexuality.” Hosted by Wisdom Apologetics, the July 13
Whites excluded from first day of Alaska Humanities Forum event on ‘race and land’
The Alaska Humanities Forum, a federally supported non-profit established to advance and preserve cultural traditions in the Last Frontier, is hosting a weekend-long conversation next month about the relationship between race and land in Alaska. In order to
U.S. House candidate Nick Begich airs views on abortion, Covid jabs, more
Nick Begich, who is running to replace the late Congressman Don Young in the upcoming special election, explained his stance on abortion during a live July 6 interview with Talk of the Kenai radio host Bob Bird. Begich is in a three-way race with Sarah Palin
Former gay ‘Emperor’ of Alaska now embraces a life of prayer & chastity
Eagle River resident Michael Hughes spent decades as a prominent member of the LGBTQ community in Alaska, but has since abandoned the lifestyle to embrace the teachings of Jesus Christ. Arriving in Anchorage in 1977 as part of the Air National Guard, he was
OPINION: Gov. Dunleavy urged to act decisively while the pro-life ‘tide is high’
The ACLU’s pro-active stance is another reason we need a special session this summer! Gov. Mike Dunleavy, are you listening? Your campaign claims you are always fighting for Alaskans, but that rings hollow without a call for a special session,
Alaska’s leading political figures weigh in on landmark abortion ruling
Most of the top political figures across Alaska issued statements after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 24 to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that legalized the killing of the unborn across the nation. The court’s ruling will return the
Tshibaka calls out Sen. Murkowski for voting to ‘undermine the 2nd Amendment’
Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s main challenger in the coming election for U.S. Senate issued a scathing critique of the 20-year senator, after she joined just over a dozen fellow Republicans in voting to advance controversial “red flag” gun-control
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