While local Alaska elections may not generate the frenzied media coverage of national contests, cultural leftists across the state aim to use a host of local races this October to gain or solidify ...

There will be a Kenai Peninsula Borough election on October 7th, which will include filling three seats for the Homer City Council. A candidate for one of those seats is Michael Jones, who is running ...

This past week I toured Terra Energy Corporation’s West Susitna coal project with Congressman Nick Begich, fellow legislators, and local business leaders. What I saw reinforced a truth we can’t afford ...

The rapidly growing Turning Point USA chapter at the University of Alaska Anchorage has changed its location for the Sept. 25 public memorial for their slain leader, Charlie Kirk. The new venue is the ...

Assessing the role of strong historical personalities is challenging due to the complex dynamics between people and their social, cultural, and economic contexts. Another difficulty is the subjective ...

An online petition calling on the Alaska Legislature and Gov. Mike Dunleavy to restore the Permanent Fund Dividend has garnered more than 20,000 signatures in three days. Posted to change.org on Sept.

One of Alaska’s top GOP gubernatorial candidates, Bernadette Wilson, announced that she vows to drop out of the race for governor if she does not receive the most votes among Republicans in next ...

Dr. Ginger Blackmon, the woman in charge of training the next generation of Alaska’s public school principals and vice principals at the University of Alaska Anchorage, has expressed an intense and ...

Alaska Education Commissioner Deena Bishop isn’t worried about Alaska homeschoolers’ academic performance, and she doesn’t see any pressing need to pressure them into taking standardized state tests.

In Alaska, the grand jury was meant to be the People’s watchdog – a constitutional guarantee that ordinary citizens could investigate matters of public welfare and safety. Article I, Section 8 of our ...

Roughly 200 Sitka residents turned out for a candlelight vigil to honor slain conservative leader Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot on Sept. 10 during a college speaking event in Utah. The hour long ...

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