Anchorage schools to drop divisive mask mandate on Jan. 3
A Dec. 15 notice from Anchorage School District Superintendent Deena Bishop notified parents and the community that public schools will go mask optional after students return from Christmas break. “Transmission numbers in Anchorage are trending down and the
State of Alaska celebrates 1 year of experimental jabs
A year ago, yesterday, the first shipment of experimental COVID injections landed in Anchorage on Dec. 14, 2020. To mark the occasion, Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services created what was intended to be an inspiring slideshow
Childless Alaska seniors more likely to grow old alone
Like much of the nation, Alaska’s population is rapidly aging, which raises particular challenges for the growing number who have never had children. For the past decade, Alaska has had the fastest growing senior population per capita in the nation, with
Anchorage children’s concert relocates after bishop bars access to cathedral
Hundreds of children from Holy Rosary Academy sang Advent songs before a packed audience at the Loussac Library in Anchorage on Dec. 10. The school traditionally performs its annual Lessons & Carols Advent concert at Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral, but
AK gubernatorial candidate blasts Homer Nutcracker organizers for segregating the unvaxxed
The 33rd annual Homer Nutcracker Ballet spread some holiday division last week when non-vaxxed theater goers were cordoned off from the vaxxed upon entering the Homer High School theater, Dec. 3-5. Alaska gubernatorial candidate Rep. Christopher Kurka caught
Nearly 80% of Alaska COVID deaths involved 1-3 comorbidities
The State of Alaska recently revealed that nearly 80% of Alaskans who died of COVID had at least one to three additional underlying comorbidities that contributed to their death, and 21% had four or more. According to a Dec. 1 report from Alaska’s Section
Judge blocks Biden’s vax mandate for federal contractors, including those in Alaska
Once again, a nationwide vaccine mandate by President Joe Biden has been blocked in federal court. On Dec. 7 U.S. District Judge R. Stan Baker issued a temporary stay on Biden’s attempt to force COVID shots on all employees of federal contractors and
New group empowers Alaskans to exercise parental rights in public schools
November 15th was a big night for the Alaska chapter of Parent’s Rights in Education’s (PRIE). Gathered at the at Loussac Library, community members’ politicians, and parents joined PRIE’s First Annual Celebration to discuss a long overdue topic
12.3 > Profits over People is bad policy
You can hardly turn on the news, or read anything anymore without the dysfunction of society and its corresponding absurdity on display. It was reported for example that even though they are one of the most vaccinated countries in the world, Germany,
Resist Anchorage Assembly’s tactics to control our words, thoughts & bodies
The anger and frustration directed at the Anchorage Assembly is 100% their fault. We all got along just fine talking about tax caps and road construction until the far-leftist Assembly members ramped up their radical activism. Since then, conservatives and
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