Politics
Army: Cost of renaming nine Confederate-named military bases has nearly doubled
Confederate generals' names on nine military bases were ordered to be scrubbed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin last October, after a two-year study recommended...
‘Hell of a trade-off’: Why Biden bucked environmental lobby on Willow Project
President Joe Biden didn't approve the ConocoPhillips Willow Project for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska due to the pressure from Alaska's delegation. It wasn't the...
The 907
Pentagon struggles to fill military requests for Ukraine, as funding goes to diversity critical race theory
By CASEY HARPER
The Pentagon is increasingly struggling to fill the weapons and equipment requests for the war in Ukraine. At the same time, taxpayer...
Columns
Michael Tavoliero: How a governor proves himself a leader
By MICHAEL TAVOLIERO
I’ve heard it said that Alaska’s Constitution provides for the strongest governor of any state in the nation. While I don’t know...
Art Chance: Helter Skelter coming to a city near you
By ART CHANCEHelter: Undo haste and confusion.
Skelter: To move about hurriedly.
Neither word means much itself, but the phrase "helter skelter" means “chaos” and...
AK Almanac
The Social
Alaska Humanities Forum promoting drag queens for kids because it will make the ‘world a better, safer place’
By DAN FAGAN
What children need today is more exposure to drag queens is the subject of an upcoming event put on by the taxpayer-funded...
It’s a blast: Legislative Shoot is Saturday in Juneau
The annual Alaska Legislative Shoot takes place Saturday at the Juneau Gun Club at half-mile Montana Creek Road in Juneau. Each member of the...
Ryan Redington, grandson of Iditarod race’s co-founder, is the winner of the 2023 race
Ryan Redington came across the finish line under the burled arch today in Nome at 12:15 pm, winning his first-ever Iditarod Sled Dog Race....
This Just In
This woman won 34 medals, tells Supreme Court she’s retiring from cyclocross due to transgenders taking over
An American woman athlete who has won 35 titles in cyclocross competitions says she is retiring due to biological men being allowed to compete...
Personal data of 250,000 Medicare recipients compromised by federal subcontractor during ransomware attack
By CASEY HARPER | THE CENTER SQUARE
Hundreds of thousands of Americans’ personal information is at risk after Medicare’s data was breached. Now, lawmakers want...