
Tireless pro-life champion who empowered Alaskan mothers has died
Moving to Juneau forced Becky Carter to take a stand once she realized there were no pro-life centers in the community to serve women in


Alaska Public Media CEO defends leftist content, but claims PBS and NPR aren’t as bias as conservatives say
Alaska Public Media head responds to claims that NPR and PBS push leftist content while marginalizing conservative


OPINION: Asleep at the wheel, the coming Trainwreck
I have a first-grader as well as two grown children. My evening time, after I flop down exhausted from owning and managing a marketing company in the process of moving offices, while also being engaged in the affairs and management of the Alaska Watchman,


Occasional Alaska visitor and Focus on the Family founder, Dr. James Dobson, has died
Dr. James C. Dobson, one of the most influential Christian leaders of the last half-century and a tireless advocate for the traditional family, passed away on August 21 at age 89. Dobson reached millions of listeners around the world through his Focus on


BOB BIRD: The Shroud of Turin is unifying Christians
Right now, the Shroud is at an all-time high point of


Unlike the left, pro-life Alaska students hold peaceful, prayerful vigil
Students for Life, a group of high school and college students, buck the stereotype by advocating for pro-life causes. It’s a courageous act for these young people, especially considering the penchant the opposition has for screaming, belittling, and


BOB BIRD: Holy Shroud and Holy Week
Only God could leave us his photograph, implanted on linen, and in the medium of a photographic negative. As Lord of Time, only he could reach his loving hand across the centuries to blast our layers of complacency away, in our age that worships anything and


OPINION: Don’t ignore Anchorage’s election – the Left isn’t
If nothing else, it’s important to the Left. The pronoun people love local elections. It’s where they test drive starry-eyed socialists to see if they have the mettle to move up the ladder to statewide offices and beyond; and they know it’s easier to


OPINION: Life experience is a writer’s greatest asset
Before writing, authors need to live a


Fairbanks Assemblywoman says colleagues and school board are skirting Open Meetings Act to raise taxes
Conservative Fairbanks Borough Assemblywoman Barbara Haney is claiming that liberal members of the school board and assembly are using a largely unknown ad hoc education committee to hatch critical and far-reaching legislation outside of the public

