Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman

2 days ago | frontiersman.com | James Brooks

Alaska would be on the same time zone as Seattle for four months of the year, if a bill passed Monday by the Alaska Senate becomes law. The Senate voted 18-2 to pass Senate Bill 26, which would eliminate daylight saving time in Alaska and ask the federal government to put Alaska on Pacific Standard Time.

4 days ago | frontiersman.com | James Brooks

Alaska’s state-owned investment bank could get permission to start oil exploration work in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as soon as the third quarter of this year, according to court documents filed Friday in Anchorage.

4 days ago | frontiersman.com | Thomas L. Knapp

The Trump administration, CNN reports, is “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus, depending on “whether the courts do the right thing or not.” Those quoted phrases are from Trump aide Stephen Miller, according to whom the “right thing” consists of letting Donald Trump do whatever Donald Trump wants to do, regardless of whether what he wants to do is, you know, legal.

1 week ago | frontiersman.com | Katie Stavick

For decades, Alaska Native communities have struggled with high rates of assault, abduction, and murder of tribal members. The numbers tell the story. Alaska Native women are overrepresented in the domestic violence victim population by 250 percent, and even though Alaska Natives make up 19 percent of the population in Alaska, they represent 47 percent of the reported rape victims in the State. kAm~G6C2==[ >@C6 E92? `]d >:==:@? p>6C:42? x?5:2? 2?5 p=2D<2 }2E:G6 H@>6? 92G6 6IA6C:6?465 G:@=6?46 :?

1 week ago | frontiersman.com | Katie Stavick

All across the Mat-Su Borough, valedictorians and salutatorians are putting the polish on their speeches, Color Guards are practicing displaying honors, and students are buzzing with excitement, while their families are equal parts excited and sad as seniors prepare to mark a major milestone as another graduation season is here. Nearly 1,100 students are planning to walk across stages to the notes of “Pomp and Circumstances” after completing the rigorous graduation requirements.