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Kenai hand-count ballot effort makes final push for initiative signatures
Kenai residents who want borough elections to be hand-counted have until 5 p.m. on Jan. 30 to turn in an additional 190 signatures for their ballot petition. Earlier this month, Duane Edelman, who has spearheaded the petition effort, was notified by the
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Alaskans urge Sen. Murkowski join GOP in backing RFK to lead U.S. Health Dept.
President Trump’s nominee to oversee the U.S. Health Department, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is expected to undergo a contentious hearing process in the U.S. Senate this week, one which will likely require Republicans to unify around the man Trump has tapped to
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Trump gender-ID order is a call for Alaska to realign policies with biological reality
Trump's order aims to restore clarity in language, protect women’s rights, and realign Title IX to its original intent of safeguarding opportunities for females. For like Alaska, where gender ideology has deeply influenced schools, policies, and public
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BOB BIRD: ‘How anarchy begins’
“Anarchy” will lead us into total chaos, where there is no right principle of action, except self-interest. Most people want nothing to do with
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AK delegation – Sullivan, Murkowski, Begich – vote to punish infanticide, but Dems block bill
Alaska’s D.C. delegation voted to advance a bill that would protect infants who survive an abortion procedure from then being killed by infanticide after they are
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TODAY: Alaska archbishop to offer Mass for an end to abortion
Alaska archbishop to join Catholics nationwide in praying to end
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Coast Guard takes immediate action to secure border, from Alaska to Florida
Coast Guard takes immediate action to secure border, from Alaska to
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TODAY: Soldotna residents to rally for life, and combat LBGTQ agenda
Soldotna residents to take a stand for life, and combat LBGTQ
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URGENT: Alaska Watchman needs your help today
URGENT: Alaska Watchman needs your help
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Here’s why Trump restored Mt. McKinley name to America’s highest peak
Amid the day-one flurry of executive orders to kick off his second term in the White House, President Trump restored the historic name of Mount McKinley to the tallest mountain in North America. The order reverses a 2015 Obama-era order that stripped the name