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The Anchorage School District has come to an impasse in its contract negotiations with the Anchorage Education Association. The district has negotiated in good faith with the teachers’ union for nine ...
There were two more horrific murders reported this weekend. One was in Charlotte, North Carolina, the other in Lanham, Maryland. Two beautiful young women were senselessly killed for no reason. One ...
The Alaska State Troopers’ (AST) Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) program is seeking to acquire advanced night vision googles for officers who serve in the tactical law enforcement program, a group ...
Alaska’s Permanent Fund has changed in both its investments and its use since it was first created in 1976. Originally, it was invested in just bonds – the safest investment vehicle out there. The two ...
According to a recent report from John’s Hopkins Institute of Education, Alaska has the highest share of homeschoolers in the nation. Using U.S. Census data, the report found that the states with ...
The freedoms outlined in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution – speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition – are interconnected and foundational to democratic society, personal dignity, ...
This past Labor Day holiday, Homer lefties were out protesting Donald Trump again. A small group of people who looked like geriatric hippies gathered at the busiest intersection in town and held up ...
Compassion is good. False compassion enables the perpetuation of what originally summoned the compassion. An obvious example would be to sympathetically pat the head of a starving orphan, hug them, ...
In part one of this series, I showed how it is likely Lisa Murkowski will become Alaska’s next governor if she runs as a Democrat. Is there a way to stop her? Yes, there is, and ironically, it is by ...
Kenai Borough voters will have a chance to decide whether all in-person votes are tabulated by hand on election day. Hand count proponents are hoping voters will approve Prop. 1 during the Oct. 7 ...
Conservative talk show host Bob Bird, host of the “Talk of the Kenai” show for KSRM, has received the top award among Alaska’s radio The Alaska Watchman aims to raise awareness of key issues affecting ...
The Alaska Watchman aims to raise awareness of key issues affecting Alaskans. Coming from a broadly Judeo-Christian perspective, we are committed to the highest standards of journalism and ethical ...