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Monthly Archives: August, 2021

Mat-Su Borough school superintendent: No masks required for back-to-school

Superintendent of the Mat-Su Borough School District Randy Trani presented his school Covid-19 mitigation plan to the borough school board on Wednesday night. The...

Dave Donley: Why I voted against masking the kids

By DAVE DONLEY / ANCHORAGE SCHOOL BOARD The two school districts geographically contiguous to the Anchorage School District, Kenai and Mat-Su, have rejected mandatory masking...

Don Young fundraiser draws in bipartisan group of supporters

From former Gov. Bill and Donna Walker, union representatives, to politicos whose resumes stretch far back in Alaska history, about 150 people gathered for...

Alaska Life Hack: Tudor Road on-ramp repairs this weekend, expect detour

The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is making permanent repairs to areas damaged by the Nov. 30, 2018 earthquake throughout Southcentral Alaska. Starting...

Birth, death, marriage certificates are back online as state Vital Statistics returns after massive cyberattack took it down

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services completed the first of a three-step process to recover from the attack on its information technology...

Alaska Courts order masks in court

Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Daniel Winfree has ordered all who visit courthouses and court facilities in Alaska to wear face masks. He also...

Civics lessons from school board member: Masking kids is ok, because ‘it’s not a fundamentally free society’

New Anchorage School Board member Kelly Lessens waxed philosophic at the end of Tuesday's board meeting. The board had just rubber-stamped the mask mandate...

Mask outrage at school board meeting: Many parents testify they will pull students from Anchorage schools, some will move

Over 100 people testified at the Anchorage School Board on Tuesday, and most stated that their children's social, psychological, physical, and emotional health was...

Cycle of delay: Biden continues war on Alaska energy projects in 1002 Area of ANWR

On Day One of the Biden Administration, Joe Biden shot the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program dead. Now,...

Mask mandates driving enrollment higher at Anchorage Christian Schools

The mask mandates at Anchorage Public Schools have led to an explosion in new enrollees at Anchorage Christian Schools since the final day of...

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