Sharply divided Palmer City Council approves study on Anchorage-style mail-in voting
After contentious debate, the Palmer City Council narrowly approved the spending of $3,000 in federal CARES Act funds to conduct a feasibility study on how to create a mail-in voting system similar to what Anchorage implemented in 2018. The 4-3 vote occurred
Fairbanks teacher speaks out after being removed for discussing police, race relations
Two weeks after being barred from her classroom at Lathrop High School following a discussion on police and race relations, Fairbanks teacher Connie Gardner is breaking her silence. Her removal from the school and forced administrative leave made
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
Legislators reintroduce bill aimed at banning abortions in Alaska
Alaska Representatives Christopher Kurka and David Eastman, both from Wasilla, have reintroduced a Life at Conception Act with the goal of directly challenging the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade which declared a right to abortion. Closely
Alaska BLEXIT to host first public meeting in honor of law enforcement
The new Alaska chapter of BLEXIT, part of a national movement that aims to educate and empower minorities across America, will hold its first public meeting on Saturday, May 22, to celebrate men and women who serve in law enforcement. According to the
OPINION: If you care about our God given liberties, support Kelly Tshibaka for U.S. Senate
I am a huge supporter of Kelly Tshibaka for the US Senate. I want to lay out a few issues that you may or may not know about Kelly, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, and rank choice voting. First off, Kelly Tshibaka; watch the video announcing her campaign for U.S.
Palmer police don’t need a controversial community oversight board
An uproar hit Palmer last week when an article and a social media announcement reported that a group called Mat-Su Moms for Social Justice were going to give a presentation before the Palmer City Council about the need to create a police advisory board to
Alaska-Siberia Air Route heroes played a key role in World War II
“The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man, or one party, or one nation … it must be a peace which rests on the cooperative effort of the whole world.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt May 8, the World War II Victory Day in Europe, is a
Former Anchorage strip club transformed into a house of God
Patrons of the old Fantasies on Fifth strip joint in Anchorage probably never imagined that their den of iniquity would one day be transformed into a house of God. The story of how that happened involves an inspired Vietnamese woman, a real estate agent
5.6 > Common Criminality
What do Soapy Smith, Antonin Scalia, and an Alaska constitutional convention have in common? More than you think. First, a little history on Jefferson Randolph “Soapy” Smith. Jeff Smith was a colorful American con artist in the late 1800s. He went to
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