The Kenai School District is experiencing the effects of a profound shift impacting government-run education across Alaska. Students are leaving, budgets are shrinking and the old model is rapidly ...

For all our frontier independence, Alaska’s system for appointing judges looks less like a republic and more like a professional monopoly. Under Article IV of Alaska’s Constitution, three of the seven ...

I live in Nikiski, which has a large, exclusively rural population, but there are almost 6,000 people who live here, depending on how you measure the arbitrary designations of unincorporated ...

While most government-funded schools have stripped traditional and religious references from of their “winter concerts,” homeschool students at Mat-Su Central School put on a rousing holiday ...

While more than 80% of American households now opt for plastic Christmas trees that are largely made in Communist China, Alaskans are being encouraged to shoulder an axe, tromp onto state lands and ...

Alaska State Troopers Garrett Stephens and Nathan Hollenbeck were honored by Gov. Mike Dunleavy for bravely risking their own lives to save two Alaskans from drowning in frigid waters. “Alaskans rely ...

With GOP leaders irate by the Alaska House Minority Caucus’ hasty election of new leaders, freshly seated Minority Leader Rep. DeLena Johnson (R-Palmer) is promising to hold another vote. The ...

Mat-Su Republican leaders in House Districts 26 and 29 are looking for qualified applicants who want to serve in the Alaska State House. Two Mat-Su seats are currently vacant after former ...

The University of Alaska (UA) system has long been a cornerstone of our state’s education and economy. From training homegrown nurses and engineers to leading cutting-edge Arctic research, UA’s ...

In an effort to ensure the Mat-Su is represented in key leadership and committee assignments in the Alaska State House, GOP party chairs are urging lawmakers to hold off on these critical decisions ...

The ongoing battle over sexually explicit books in Mat-Su Borough Libraries is headed for the Borough Assembly Chambers on Dec. 2, where the Mat-Su Library Citizens’ Advisory Committee will give a ...

Alaska House District 33 Republicans passed a resolution on Dec. 1, calling on Congress to end federal funding for Taliban terrorists. The resolution from District 33, which covers the North Pole area ...