The new official seal for the Municipality of Anchorage. In a split decision, the Anchorage Assembly narrowly voted to officially erase all historical references to the famous Captain James Cook from ...

Alaska has already lived this story once – and paid dearly for it. Billions in unfunded liabilities, decades of budget pressure and a retirement system that promised certainty but delivered risk to ...

Anchorage’s publicly-funded “Winter Solstice Festival” has excluded any reference to “Christmas” from its annual celebration of the “return of the sun.” To be sure there will be “twinkling” lights and ...

Dave Bronson made a campaign stop in Homer last night, and although he said many positive things, one thing is clear. He is not yet ready for the job as governor. That evaluation is based on how he ...

There’s a narrative floating about that Alaska lacks merchantable timber, or that permits exist without wood to harvest. That claim is convenient for those who oppose active forest management, but it ...

The Senate Republican Caucus in the Alaska Legislature has elected Sen. Mike Cronk (R – Tok/Northway) as its new Minority Leader. Cronk replaces former Sen. Mike Shower who served as Minority Leader ...

A trio of Alaskans joined an army of 150 volunteer decorators from across the nation to bring to life First Lady Melania Trump’s 2025 Christmas theme for the White House – “Home is Where the Heart Is.

The single biggest impediment to meaningful reform of Alaska’s public education system is a clause found in the State Constitution that prevents public funding from directly benefiting private and ...

Here we go! An Alaskan political season like no other. If you stick with me for three minutes, I’ll tell you the good, the bad, and the ugly of this election cycle and my take on the candidates, ...

For several years now, a group of residents in the Eagle River and Chugiak area have been working to formally detach from Anchorage in order to create a new, independent borough. This effort is called ...

Due to another round of high winds, the annual Colony Christmas parade and fireworks show in downtown Palmer has been postponed until Dec. 19. Originally scheduled for Dec. 13, organizers decided to ...

The public education system in Alaska is failing, and the governor knows it. This is a situation similar to the Titanic after it hit the iceberg. The crew knew that it was taking on so much water that ...