1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (520+ words) Alaska’s Department of Public Safety just released the 2025 Crime in Alaska Report, showing that the total number of offenses reported increased 7.2% from 2024 to 2025. This jump was driven by a surge in violent crime and property crime within the Municipality of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (330+ words) An organization dedicated to promoting paganism, witchcraft, animism, Druid rituals and other heathen practices is hosting its annual “Heathen Days and Pagan Nights” festival in Salcha, 40 miles outside Fairbanks. Organized by Wild Heathen Wolfpack, the event is presented as a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (264+ words) August 18 is the final day to vote in Alaska’s Primary Election. Alaska’s “jungle primary” system has created an environment where the first primary round of our statewide elections is largely irrelevant, at least in the state legislative races. More on…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1116+ words) My pastor once told me, “There is no right way to do a wrong thing.” Right now, the Alaska Legislature is doing a wrong thing. We are putting at risk the energy our kids and grandkids will need to stay…...

3+ week, 10+ hour ago   (504+ words) The dust hasn’t settled on a contentious Aug. 4 Anchorage Assembly Meeting in which the leftist majority flatly refused to authorize an independent investigation into whether Member George Martinez misused taxpayer funds for personal benefit. Martinez has been under intense scrutiny…...

4+ week, 10+ hour ago   (375+ words) Thanks to a grant from the U.S. Dept. of War, Alaska now has a state office that is focused on advancing the state’s role as a strategic location for national defense. Announced on July 30 by Gov. Mike Dunleavy and Major General…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (559+ words) Planned Parenthood’s political arm describes its endorsed candidates as “fierce advocates” who will “unapologetically fight” against any effort to protect the unborn from abortion. All endorsed candidates are “expected to maintain a 100% voting record once in office.” The endorsements include…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (827+ words) Editor’s note: Eaglexit is a grassroots movement advocating for the separation of Anchorage Assembly District 2 from the Municipality of Anchorage, and the incorporation of a new home-rule borough. When Eagle River/Chugiak neighbors begin knocking on doors, attending community events,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (150+ words) On July 9, the Alaska State Troopers located 58-year-old Wasilla resident Philip Phillips on a boat, at anchor in the Whittier area, after he had failed to appear for trial in which he was found guilty of one count of Sexual…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (548+ words) After decades of resistance from a coalition of radical climate activists, the State of Alaska has received final federal approval to build roughly 12 new miles of a single-lane, low-speed gravel road connecting the communities of King Cove and Cold Bay…...