“The bans we’re seeing are broad, harsh, and pernicious—and they’re undermining the education of millions of students across the country,” said one lead author of a new PEN America report. U.S. school districts banned more books during the first half of the current academic year than during the entire last scholastic year, a report published […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Last week, in a long-awaited proceeding, 62-year-old Anthony Dillard was sentenced by Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson for Sexual Assault in the First Degree, committed on August 13, 2007. At trial, the evidence showed that Dillard met the victim outside of The Avenue Bar, lured her into an alleyway, and forcefully […]
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) Monday applauded the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) for including Alaska salmon into more Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) food packages. Murkowski has advocated for expanded inclusion of healthy, nutritious Alaskan salmon in WIC food packages since 2014, when the process to update WIC […]
Winter Driving Conditions Warrant Extended Studded Tire Use (Anchorage, AK) – On Monday the Alaska Department of Public Safety Commissioner, James Cockrell, issued an emergency order extending the statutory deadline to remove studded tires from vehicles operating on Alaska roadways for areas north of the 60° North Latitude line. Due to extended winter weather conditions […]