OPINION: Dunleavy’s $5,000 PFD proposal deserves a fair hearing before it’s too late
Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposal to give all qualified Alaskans a $5,000 Permanent Fund Dividend is not only worthy of consideration but a brilliant idea that needs to come to fruition sooner rather than later – meaning the PFD needs to be
Alaska to get 8,900 doses of abortion tainted Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Alaska will soon begin distributing nearly 9,000 doses of a newly approved Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine which have raised serious ethical concerns for Catholics and other pro-life groups around the nation. Both the Diocese of Fairbanks and the
TODAY: House holding public hearing on reviving Alaska’s COVID disaster declaration
Today (March 9) at 3 p.m., the State House is holding a public hearing to address House Bill 76 , which would extend Alaska’s COVID disaster declaration until Sept. 30 of this year. The previous declaration expired nearly a month ago, on Feb. 14, and Gov.
Seward library joins move to push transgender literature
The Seward Public Library has joined what has become a nationwide effort among community libraries to promote books normalizing transgenderism and LGBTQ identities in children. The Friends of the Seward Library is a nonprofit that partners with the library to
Fairbanks Bishop: Catholics must ‘never vote for candidates’ who support abortion
Fairbanks Bishop Chad Zielinski has released a clarion call to Catholics in northern Alaska, saying they can “never morally support or vote” for political candidates who support abortion. Released earlier this month, his letter seeks to guide parishioners
LGBT activist running against young conservative for House Seat 15 in Anchorage
Liberal Democrat Lyn Franks is vying to become the first openly LGBT state legislator in Alaska. She’s running against Republican David Nelson for House Seat 15 in Anchorage. Franks is endorsed by a slew of far-left liberal groups that want to expand
Deceptive Catholic voter guide misleads Alaskans on abortion
Catholics, who comprise the largest religious group in Alaska, received a misleading voter guide this month, which claims to help roughly 31,000 Alaska Catholics make informed moral decisions during the 2020 state and national elections. But unlike the voter
Catholic churches reopen in northern Alaska with health measures in place
Following updated health mandates released last week by Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Catholic parishes across northern Alaska have begun to hold religious services, including distribution of communion. A letter published on April 28 by Fairbanks Bishop Chad Zielinski
Alaska churches improvise avant-garde Easter
From drive-in services, online worship and heavily sanitized prayer walks, Alaska Christians are preparing to celebrate Christ’s triumph over death and sin amid the dark shadow of COVID-19. With Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s announcement that churches could hold
Watchman lookout: Prayer, pot lounges, and defunding liberal bias
Here are a few brief editorial observations from a dizzying week of non-stop news across Alaska. DIVINE INTERVENTION Gov. Dunleavy is setting aside some time this Friday to ask for divine assistance during our struggle with the coronavirus. The 2 p.m.
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