Amid failing students and sinking enrollment, Fairbanks superintendent wins national award
Despite a massive exodus of students and chronic failure to teach basic reading and math across the district, Fairbanks Superintendent Luke Meinert has been recognized as one of the top 10 school superintendents in the
Transgender activist “woman” to receive Alaska Governor’s Arts & Humanities Award
A biological male who identifies as a transgender “woman” will be honored for his contributions to art and culture during the Oct. 28 Alaska Governor’s Arts and Humanities Awards at the Anchorage Museum. According to the award website, MoHagani Magnetek
‘Constitutional conservative’ aims to unseat Democrat-backed incumbent on Mat-Su Assembly
He may not have an “R” behind his name, but Mat-Su Borough Assembly candidate Dana Raffaniello is running on one of the most conservative platforms in recent
OPINION: Alaska’s students suffer when teachers lack basic moral clarity
The academic mindset - mocking parents, blurring moral lines, and inverting good and evil - shapes how universities prepare teachers, and how those ideas filter into Alaska
LGBTQ activist’s talk cancelled at Alaska Health Dept. youth summit
Hours after the Alaska Watchman published a story about a controversial LGBTQ activist who had been invited to speak at the Alaska Youth Suicide Prevention Summit, organizers cancelled the talk for teens, ages
‘Bearded drag’ queen by night, State of Alaska youth summit guide by day
Alaska State Health Department is marshaling its considerable budget to host a youth summit that includes a keynote speaker who is renowned for his “bearded drag” queen performances in local gay bars and
Fairbanks School Board aims to block federal immigration agents from schools
The Fairbanks North Star School Board is set to vote on a resolution aimed at blocking federal agents from enforcing longstanding immigration
Anchorage Assembly set to vote on plan to criminalize illegal encampments
On July 15, the Anchorage Assembly could vote to approve a proposal to criminalize the growing problem of illegal encampments, which have trashed parks and public properties across the city. The proposed ordinance is on the unfinished business agenda for the
Fairbanks LGBTQ group raises money for toddler’s gender transition
A radical LGBTQ activist group in Fairbanks is boasting about the fact that it successfully raised money so that the guardians of a young gender-confused boy could dress the child up like a girl to facilitate his so-called gender
July 11 meeting set on plan to impose jail/fines for illegal Anchorage homeless camps
Anchorage residents will have another chance to tell the Anchorage Assembly what they think of a proposed ordinance that would punish unauthorized encampments around the city with up to six months in jail and up to $2,000 in
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