Russia expanded into Siberia and Alaska seeking wealth, new hunting grounds
Russia, Alaska’s nearest neighbor, is the largest country on Earth. It occupies a considerable portion of Eurasia, including almost all natural-extratropical climatic belts. Russia is 6.6 million square miles (11% of the global land area) compared to the
Mayor urges Anchorage superintendent to ditch universal masking in schools
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson has been clear, even while campaigning to be mayor, that he adamantly opposes mandating residents wear masks. On Friday, Aug. 6, he took issue with Anchorage School District Superintendent Deena Bishop’s insistence that all
Holy Rosary is Alaska’s top private school in national ranking
When it comes to private education in Alaska, Holy Rosary Academy in Midtown Anchorage is the very best. This according to the latest national rankings of private schools across America. Holy Rosary was recently featured in U.S.A. Today after the K-12th grade
Spiritual treasure of Orthodox Alaska Natives saved from brink of destruction
One Alaska’s oldest churches, and a spiritual treasure to Orthodox Alaska Natives, has been saved from the precarious perch where it sat just 20 feet from an eroding cliff. The Ascension of Our Lord Chapel located near the remote Village of Karluk on Kodiak
A historic look at the benefits and dangers of nationalism in Alaska, the U.S. and the world
History teaches that nations cane be like people. While having many things in common, each is unique. As with people, a nation’s behavior is often understood in terms of the psychological attitudes and style that characterize its personality. Failure to
Alaskan recounts tale of Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union
When the Soviet Union allowed a number of Soviet Jews to emigrate after the 1967 Six-Day War in the Middle East, expectations of freer Jewish emigration to Israel become a real possibility. But they were soon shattered as the 1972 Soviet emigration head tax
Third Alaska Native organization threatens to fire employees who decline COVID shots
One of the oldest and largest Native-run health organizations in the country has threatened to terminate employees if they decline to get the experimental COVID-19 shots. Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) issued a warning to employees
Second Alaska Native corporation to fire employees who decline COVID shots
An email sent May 14 to all staff of the Norton Sound Health Corporation puts its 700 employees on notice that they are now required to submit to a COVID shot as a condition of employment. Issued by CEO Angie Gorn, the email states that the new policy applies
The specter of Catholic schism should trouble us all
One need not be a Catholic to understand that the world’s largest religion is in crisis – like just about every other institution from medicine, education, government, unions, political parties, private organizations, etc. Whether you love, hate or are
Mat-Su Moms for Social Justice has leftist designs for conservative Valley
Extreme activists on the political left have harnessed and fomented the social unrest of the past year to expand and strengthen a network of like-minded political groups across America, including here in Alaska. Loosely connected, these entities have a shared
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