EDITORIAL: Denali Park flag story sparks outrage, villainization and redemption
It’s been a crazy week at the Alaska Watchman, ever since we reported that construction crewmen, working on a bridge in Denali National Park, were told they could no longer fly the American flag from their trucks because park officials thought the flags
Federal agency confirms National Park was behind removal of U.S. flags from trucks in Denali Park
The Federal Highway Administration has confirmed that the National Park Service was behind the effort to prohibit construction crewmen in Denali National Park from flying the American flag from their trucks while driving through the
OPINION: Alaska Long Trail raises concerns over land rights, federal control, state priorities
If the Long Trail becomes a federal scenic trail, we’ll lose our states’ rights on those lands, just like when President Jimmy Carter confiscated 54 million acres from Alaska to create eight National Parks back
Alaska drag queens plan to target kids with sexualized ‘Pride’ events in Valdez
LGBTQ activists in Valdez are hosting multiple “all-ages” events over the next week, which are tailored to expose residents, including children and families, to myriad sexual proclivities, identities and gender-bending
Denali National Park response to flag fiasco marked by evasion, half-truths and redirection
The story has generated unprecedented views and comments on the Watchman website, as well as criticism about my reporting. For these reasons, I’d like to explain how this story developed over the past week, and what I hope will occur in the days
Assemblyman calls out Mat-Su Health Foundation for ‘taxation without representation’
Mat-Su Borough Assemblyman Rob Yundt in introducing a resolution to highlight what he sees as oppressive operational practices by the Mat-Su Health Foundation (MSHF), an enormously wealthy organization that was originally founded to promote the health and
Old Glory convoy headed to Alaska’s Denali National Park in wake of flag ban on construction trucks
In the wake of park officials’ decision to bar U.S. flags from construction vehicles, Alaskans are planning a patriotic convoy to the park’s main
Sen. Sullivan demands account for why bridge crew was barred from flying U.S. flag in Denali National Park
In a quickly escalating controversy, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is now asking the director of the National Park Service to give a full accounting for why a construction crew in Denali National Park was ordered to take down the American flag from their trucks and
OPINION: Urban planners erode original intent of our nation’s highway funds
Bicycles and mass transit were not then, and should not be now, incorporated into what is arguably defense-oriented legislation and
OPINION: Butker’s rousing speech represents the death knell for diabolical feminism
Butker dared to tell young women that their fate need not be forever tethered to the diabolical demands that they sacrifice their health, their fertility, their children, and their relationships in order to be happy. He dared to tell young women that their
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