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Passing: Legendary aviator Orin Seybert

Suzanne Downing - April 22, 2024

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Ukraine vote tests Johnson’s strength

Columns

Eric Carter: Homeschoolers, close ranks!

The 907

River breakup, flooding forecast is ‘dynamic’

Politics

Youth movement surges through Alaska Republican Party convention

Suzanne Downing - April 21, 2024 34

It's been eight years since the Alaska Republican Party has had an in-person state convention during a presidential election year. The 2020 convention was...

Politics

Alaska Republicans elect new party leaders, with Carmela Warfield as new party chairwoman

Suzanne Downing - April 20, 2024 33

Alaska Republican Party convention delegates elected a new slate of leaders at its convention in Anchorage this weekend. The new officers are: Chair: Carmela Warfield...

Rep. Peltola among group of Democrats who signed pledge for no-cash bail, decriminalizing prostitution

April 20, 2024

Open primaries: What do Alaska’s split-ticket voters have in common? Murkowski, Peltola, and Democrats

April 18, 2024

Alaska House bill to bar males from female’s school athletic competitions moves along, and Republicans in Congress call on NCAA to do the same

April 18, 2024

Senate dismisses impeachment charge on 51-48 vote; Murkowski votes ‘present’

April 17, 2024

Hamas supporters blockaded roads across the country this week. Dunleavy has a bill for that.

April 17, 2024

Iran reaction: Sullivan slams Biden over appeasing terrorists, Murkowski tweets from Utqiagvik, Peltola hawks campaign fish shirts

April 16, 2024

The 907

River breakup, flooding forecast is ‘dynamic’

Suzanne Downing - April 22, 2024 1

The ice on the Tanana River is thinning, but the tripod at Nenana still stands. Breakup might be a few days later than normal...

South African man obtained citizenship illegally, had murdered two Alaska women: Department of Justice

April 20, 2024

Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor and 24 others sue to block Biden Administration emission rules

April 20, 2024

Update: Girl beaten at Clark Middle School transfers after sensing danger upon return; national attention focuses on violence against girls at school

April 20, 2024

Biden cuts to Alaska Air National Guard delayed to 2025

April 19, 2024

David Boyle: A jubilant teachers’ union wields power and control over K-12 education

April 19, 2024

One-two punch to Alaska families: Biden shuts down both NPR-A and Ambler Access Road

April 19, 2024

Columns

Eric Carter: Homeschoolers, close ranks!

GUEST CONTRIBUTOR - April 22, 2024 4

By ERIC CARTER Frankly, I am surprised it took this long. On April 12, Superior Court Judge Adolf Zeman ruled that Alaska’s entire correspondence school...

Columns

Larry Norene: Too many exemptions for politically connected developments’ property taxes

GUEST CONTRIBUTOR - April 19, 2024 27

By LARRY NORENE How many more property tax exemptions on "for profit" developments can our tax bills stand? I’m not talking about the familiar senior...