Tuesday, February 11, 2025

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Michael Tavoliero: The best Legislature money can buy

By MICHAEL TAVOLIERO Do you know what your Alaska state politician is doing this session? As usual, I’m late in reading profound accounts of our legislators’...

Pedro Gonzalez: Has Alaska hit bottom in education?

By PEDRO GONZALEZ A new study published by Pink Storage on the best and worst states to study in the United States ranked Alaska the...

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The Social

Who won the Kuskokwim 300?

It's the Super Bowl of mushing in Western Alaska ... and we have a winner. Bethel musher Pete Kaiser has won his ninth Kuskokwim 300 title,...

Foodies and Foragers: Delta Junction barley farming has growing role in state’s food security safety net

TRY THIS DELICIOUS ALASKA BARLEY-MUSHROOM-COUSCOUS RECIPE By BRENDA JOSEPHSON Alaska-grown, harvested, processed, and packed, America's northernmost commercial flour mill and bakery is contributing to Alaska's food...

Video: Singer Jewel apologizes for any hurt she caused fans by performing at RFK Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again inaugural gala

Alaska-raised singer-songwriter Jewel explained in an Instagram post on Friday about why she performed at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "Make America Healthy Again" inaugural celebration,...

This Just In

Former Secretary Betsy DeVos says Education Department is beyond fixing, should be dismantled

In a recent op-ed in The Free Press, former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos critically assessed the Department of Education's performance since its...

Hegseth changes North Carolina base’s name back to Fort Bragg in honor of a World War II hero

While flying from Joint Base Andrews to Stuttgart on Monday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum renaming Fort Liberty in North Carolina...