BUDGET CRISIS? Anchorage superintendent aims to grow DEI budget, while eliminating sports
While Anchorage School District Superintendent Jharrett Bryantt has spent considerable time publicly complaining about an “ongoing financial crisis” and a $100 million deficit, his proposed budget for the upcoming school year seeks a 20% increase to boost
Pro-lifers set to peacefully march through the streets of Anchorage
Pro-life advocates in Anchorage plan to hold the second annual Anchorage March for Life on Saturday, Feb. 22, to advance pro-life efforts across the city and throughout
Legal battle resumes on fate of Alaska’s homeschool allotment program
As expected, the battle has resumed over whether Alaska’s growing homeschool population can utilize state-funded correspondence programs to access educational goods and services provided at private and religious entities. Last summer, the Alaska Supreme
How Alaska’s bureaucratic special interests serve entrenched power, not public good
This vicious cycle of special interest control, fueled by political patronage and cyclical funding flows, demands that we scrutinize and, ultimately, reform our system to ensure that it truly serves the public
Troopers release names of those who died in plane crash near Nome
Alaska State Troopers released the names of all 10 people who died in the Feb. 6 plane crash outside of Nome, a tragedy that has rocked communities across the region. The Bering Air Caravan, single-engine turboprop plane included nine passengers and the
OPINION: A reminder to the Left on basic reciprocity with regard to fair trade & tariffs
Far-left activists are relentlessly opposing the Trump administration for imposing and revising economic and trade tariffs with other countries to establish a fair economic practices and balanced reciprocity. Perhaps these radical leftists must be reminded or
Anchorage Mayor’s Charity Ball to help groups that push youth cross-sex changes
While President Trump has issued a flurry of executive orders aimed at cutting all federal aid to organizations that promote far-left, LGBTQ ideology, Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance has decided to actively solicit funds for nonprofits that push transgender
UPDATE: Missing Nome-bound plane found with deceased crash victims
The U.S. Coast Guard has found the Nome-bound passenger plane that went missing on the morning of Feb. 6. According to a 2:17 p.m., update from the agency on Feb. 7, the Coast Guard “located an aircraft matching the description of the missing plane approx.
OPINION: Marginalized conservatives must use the ‘atom bomb of Alaska politics’
Should the majority Democrat caucus refuse to go along, Alaska's conservative Republicans should hold the budget hostage. With no budget passed, a special legislative session would be required, and the state government could be shut down. It would be glorious
Fairbanks votes to close 3 of 5 schools that were on chopping block
Amid declining enrollment, dismal student achievement results and a growing number of families who have chosen to leave standard public schooling, the Fairbanks School District voted on Feb. 4 to permanently shutter three of five schools that were under
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