
Game on: Conservative, pro-life, pro-gun Kelly Tshibaka challenging Murkowski for U.S. Senate
Kelly Tshibaka will challenge Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s 20-year grip on her U.S. Senate seat. Tshibaka announced her candidacy March 29 with a campaign video clearly laying out her pro-life, pro-family and pro-Second Amendment views. The former commissioner for


OPINION: Mead Treadwell backs Mike Robbins as the ‘no-drama’ mayor Anchorage needs
Voting is underway for Anchorage mayor and school board members, and by mid-summer Anchorage will have a new mayor. I’m supporting Mike Robbins. Mike knows the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. Too many sideshows have occupied our


Murkowski votes to confirm transgender HHS nominee who backs cross-sex hormones for kids
Sen. Lisa Murkowski was one of just two Republicans who joined every single Democrat in voting on March 24 to confirm transgender man, Rachel Levine, as the Assistant Secretary at the Dept. of Health and Human Services. Murkowski was joined by fellow liberal


Juneau gathering data on why residents are resistant to COVID shot
With vaccinations on a marked decline statewide, the City and Borough of Juneau is gathering information about why residents are reticent to receive the COVID shot. Despite opening vaccinations up to anyone over age 16, there has been a sharp decrease in the


How to bring Alaska back from the brink
This past year of forced isolation, caused by an overly oppressive government reaction to COVID, crippled our economy and quashed our spirit of independence. We have become a submissive society, relinquishing our independence to government socialist control.


Governor’s Prayer Breakfast is back, featuring modern-day Indiana Jones
After taking last year off due to COVID concerns, the annual Governor’s Prayer Breakfast returns March 27 to provide an opportunity for Alaskans to pray for Gov. Mike Dunleavy This year’s event will be held at the Menard Sports Center in Wasilla. The


Anchorage School Board candidates’ views on parent rights, curriculum debates, low test scores, sex-ed, gender ID
Anchorage education is in crisis. Test scores are dismal, many students are struggling with school closures and virtual classrooms, and radical social ideologies are creeping into the curriculum. The Watchman sent a survey to each candidate running for school


Alaska’s Republican Party abandons Murkowski for 2022. Will it matter?
If Sen. Lisa Murkowski is to retain her seat in the U.S. Senate she will have to do so without the support of the Alaska Republican Party. On March 13, three quarters of the Alaska Republican Party State Central Committee leadership voted to censure Murkowski


Conference will train AK librarians to advance radical identity politics
If the topics and speakers for the upcoming Alaska Library Association Conference are any indication, local librarians are being strategically trained and recruited to advance a litany of hard-left cultural and political aims. The Alaska Library Association


Anchorage teacher’s union backs far left candidates for April 6 election
The Anchorage Education Association (AEA), which boasts 13,000 members, has thrown its support behind some of the most left-leaning candidates on the April 6 ballot. The union claims to issue endorsements in a non-partisan manner, based purely on a

