The effort to establish a separate government for Eagle River and Chugiak is sometimes described simply as a movement to leave Anchorage. That description is understandable, but incomplete. The deeper ...

Alaska will soon be barred from drawing on federal taxpayer dollars to underwrite cross-sex surgeries and hormonal manipulation of children. The Trump administration finalized a new rule this month ...

In Alaska, public education carries extraordinary power and control. It does more than transmit mathematics, science, history and language; it helps shape how young people understand authority, ...

The Alaska Supreme Court is considering a case that could have enormous consequences for parents, students and public schools across our state. At issue in X.A. v. Matanuska-Susitna Borough School ...

A group of about 30 older liberal Alaskans gathered along the road outside Palmer on Aug. 7 to chant well-worn anti-Trump slogans during a campaign stop by U.S. Congressman Nick Begich. The crowd, ...

State Representative Louise Stutes cheated when it came to election financing. This isn’t my opinion; she recently admitted as much in a consent decree with the Alaska Public Offices Commission. They ...

Profoundly religious, the Russian people were shaken to their core by the Russian Orthodox Church liturgical reforms introduced by Patriarch Nikon (1666–1667) who, under the reign of Tsar Alexis ...

Alaska offers 30 public-homeschool programs for students across the state. These options provide parents with a roughly $2,000 educational allotment for each enrolled child. The money can be used to ...

The left-leaning former Palmer Mayor Jim Cooper may be headed back to the mayor’s office if his election-night lead holds up. The socially liberal Cooper, who is backed by Mat-Su Democrats, is leading ...

Historically, the United States has provided foreign aid to other countries since 1812; but on a large scale only during and after World War II. The history of the U.S. foreign assistance is marked by ...

Editor’s note: Mat-Su Borough Mayor and Alaska gubernatorial candidate Edna DeVries recently expressed deep concerns and shared her personal experience regarding the ongoing controversy swirling ...

Construction crews work on building a bridge at mile 43 of Denali Park Road. The crew working on a 475-foot-long bridge in Alaska’s Denali National Park was recently told that they could no longer fly ...