Ballot Measure 1 is a ‘sneak attack’ on Alaska business, your pocketbook, and religious The Alaska Watchman aims to raise awareness of key issues affecting Alaskans. Coming from a broadly ...

In unanimous vote on Oct. 1, the Mat-Su Borough Assembly approved a resolution to install a permanent display of some of the most influential documents that have shaped America and Western ...

What is Ballot Measure 1? Every two years or so it seems Alaska is at the mercy of another group of lower-48 billionaires and left-wing groups pushing another left-wing initiative. Remember these gems ...

With just under 20% voter turnout overall, Fairbanks voted overwhelmingly to keep a tight reign on borough taxation powers, but most conservative candidates were trailing on election night. Of the ...

True, for a newcomer’s adaptation, these socio-economic and cultural categories are essential for survival in a foreign environment. Nevertheless, changing/adapting people’s behavior (manners, ...

I wore our nation’s uniform for 24 years. I voted in many elections, while active duty and since retiring. Most were as an Alaskan resident, moving here in 1993. Not one time, as a registered voter, ...

With just one in five registered voters bothering to cast a ballot, Homer’s engaged voters elected to put left-leaning Rachel Lord’s in the mayor’s office. With roughly 1,200 out of 5,429 voters ...

According to prominent American sociologist Joseph Elton, “Acculturation is the adoption of cultural traits, norms and customs by one society from another… There is no clear line [that] can be drawn ...

I am encouraging everyone on the Kenai Peninsula to get out and vote on Tuesday in our local borough and city elections. It is easy to lose track of the fact that we have a local election on October 1 ...

It is no longer acceptable for the high seas trawl fleet in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea to deplete our King Salmon fisheries. It is time to restrict the so-called bycatch of King Salmon in ...

Mat-Su to weigh displaying 10 Commandments, other key documents impacting U.S. The Alaska Watchman aims to raise awareness of key issues affecting Alaskans. Coming from a broadly Judeo-Christian ...

It is no longer acceptable for the high seas trawl fleet in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea to deplete our King Salmon fisheries. It is time to restrict the so-called bycatch of King Salmon in ...