When the Soviet Union allowed a few Soviet Jews to emigrate after the 1967 Six-Day War in the Middle East, expectations of freer Jewish emigration to Israel became a real possibility. These dreams ...

In an effort to strengthen, support and celebrate traditional family values, a coalition of local churches, faith-based ministries, area nonprofits and businesses helped put on the 4th Annual Family ...

This proposed program for Alaska remains content-neutral and provider-agnostic. Education Savings Accounts may be used at any qualifying public, private, religious, charter, tribal, or homeschool ...

My family and I, as well as a community of local Catholics and evangelicals, have opposed the Soldotna Pride March since its origin in 2018 (as the Two-Spirit March) as well as the Soldotna Pride in ...

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is in the news again. Once more she threatened to leave the Republican party and caucus with the Democrats. We have heard her make this threat before, and it is getting a bit ...

Yes. So the logical solution is that unfettered school choice is the best path forward for everybody. A cornucopia of school options from parochial (all flavors of religion) to secular including ...

It really is surprising how silent most Jews seem, today, about all the widespread antisemitism sweeping the United States and Europe. In fact, Juneau’s synagogue does not seem unusual in that respect ...

Not to take the spotlight off the sweet, back-scratching contracts former Senator Mark Begich seems to be scooping up, peddling his well-worn Beltway-Alaska connections, but can we talk about Suzanne ...

Residents in blue states are rejecting the woke liberal policies their governments are trying to impose on them. Ideas like high taxation, extravagant public-school spending and support for ...

Sandwiched between anti-Trump “No Kings” protests and gay pride parades, Alaska’s Catholics held public processions in Anchorage, Eagle River, the Mat-Su and elsewhere to publicly affirm their belief ...

Stormy Cleveland, 39, of Ketchikan, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and one count of money laundering conspiracy on ...

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