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Partisans on the left are spending to raise the profile of right-wing extremists in the belief that their possible qualification for the general election will siphon votes away from the “normal” Republican running. Partisans on the right are doing the same thing, for the same reasons, to elevate fringe-y candidates from the furthest reaches of the left.  
But here’s the thing: It does not work.

Reported missing from Anchorage on 08/08/2021. A plane that he had access to was missing and it is suspected that he had taken it. The plane was later located just across the Canada border.

STEVEN KELVIN AMY is required to register with the Sex Offender/Child Kidnappers Registration Program. under AS 12.63.010

This offender is currently out of compliance with registration requirements after initially registering with the Sex Offender/Child Kidnappers Registration Program.

If you know the whereabouts of this person, contact your local law enforcement agency or the Alaska State Troopers if you have any information relating to this person's whereabouts.

Anchorage Police Department
Agency Case Number
210025308

Alaska State Troopers
Agency Case Number
AK21136383

Because this is how good, God-fearing, Murica-loving, MAGA RWNJ’s do business.

It makes perfect sense that Mister Bates and Mrs Bates are BIG financial supporters of the Anti-Wokest of the Anti-Woke gubernatorial candidates, Tregarrick Traylor.

They’re also big financial backers to the YES ON 2 campaign that would get rid of Ranked Choice Voting…..

……A joint investigation by the FBI and the Alaska Medicaid Fraud Control Unit found that the companies allegedly billed for services that were not provided, were inadequately staffed or lacked sufficient documentation, the department said.

Investigators, working with the Alaska Department of Health’s Division of Senior and Disability Services, also alleged the homes operated without an approved program administrator.

Authorities said the former program administrator left the state in 2019. Afterward, Kyle and Molly Bates allegedly misrepresented that the former administrator remained employed by the businesses, impersonated her and used her name in training courses and submitted documents claiming she was still an administrator.

The Bateses are also accused of forging signatures and making false statements in Medicaid certification applications, according to the indictment.

Prosecutors allege the defendants fraudulently billed the Alaska Medicaid program $14,694,800.47 from July 2019 through November 2025.

The latest Section of Epidemiology Bulletin,

Increase in Campylobacter ureolyticus Reports — Alaska, 2025

July 28,2026, is available at the link above and at the Alaska Division of Public Health Epidemiology Bulletins website.

Quick Take: In 2025, the Alaska Section of Epidemiology investigated an apparent increase in reports of Campylobacter ureolyticus*, an uncommon species of* Campylobacterthat can cause serious infections outside the intestinal tract. The investigation determined that most of the increase resulted from laboratory reporting errors, with 13 of 19 initially reported cases reclassified after a review of laboratory records. However, six confirmed cases remained, exceeding the number reported in previous years and suggesting that improved diagnostic methods, a true increase in infections, or a combination of both might be contributing to the rise. The confirmed cases were identified across multiple regions of Alaska, and several patients experienced severe illness requiring hospitalization. These findings underscore the importance of accurate laboratory reporting and continued surveillance to better understand the epidemiology of C. ureolyticus*, identify potential sources of exposure, and determine whether this organism is an underrecognized cause of serious infection in Alaska.*
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Smaller class sizes, larger church influence in most Alaska private schools

By Tim Rockey

A new Hillsdale College-affiliated Christian private school will open in the Abbott Loop neighborhood of Anchorage next month with a** **strong backing from conservative politicians and donors.

“I’m just excited about what’s happening here,” said Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who gave the event’s keynote speech. “A school like this for the state of Alaska is going to reverberate for generations.”

Thomas More Classical School is the first in Alaska affiliated with Hillsdale, a private Christian college founded in Michigan in the 1800s with 25 K-12 member schools nationwide. Hillsdale schools offer classical curriculum that requires students to take Latin, and prohibits most classroom technology.

Sarah Spaulding, the school’s headmaster, said it will open in August for about 70 students in kindergarten through sixth grade, with plans to expand to offer middle and high school classes. The school leases space from Unite Church, where several Christian schools were housed previously. Tuition starts at $6,500 for kindergarten and is $7,500 for older grades.

Sarah Spaulding is headmaster at Thomas More Classical School, a new private school opening in Anchorage. (Bill Roth / ADN)
Spaulding has nearly 30 years of experience in private schools and homeschooling her own children, and previously opened a Hillsdale-affiliated school in Ohio. She said students at Thomas More will receive a classical education rooted in Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian traditions.

“When we talk about the Greco-Roman, Judeo-Christian tradition, we’re talking about the Western tradition,” Spaulding said.
The school has been in the works for three years, and school leaders said they received an early fundraising boost from Stephen Cox, who now serves as counsel to Dunleavy after his appointment as state attorney general was rejected by the Alaska Legislature.

The school has broad support from prominent Alaska Republican politicians, and Hillsdale College has risen to increasing national significance among conservatives after refusinggovernment funding to avoid federal regulation and promoting its K-12 curriculum for the last three decades.

Spaulding announced in February that the school had raised $1 million months ahead of the school’s first day. She said the fundraising efforts will allow the school to pay teachers higher wages and charge lower admission fees, but declined to name private donors who helped fund the school.

Thomas More Classical School, located at 2626 Abbott Road in Anchorage, held a grand opening for the new private school on Thursday, July 23. (Bill Roth / ADN)
The school joins an existing group of about 40 private schools in Alaska with tuition costs ranging from a few thousand dollars per year to more than $20,000. Tuition at Thomas More is around the statewide average. Tuition requirements limit enrollment to families who can afford to pay, but many schools offer flexible rates or tuition assistance based on income.
‘Every private school has their niche’

Thomas More Classical School allows students of any religion to attend but does not allow students to opt out of religious instruction, according to its website. Most private schools in Alaska are religious.

According to a 2025 Legislative Research Services report, 3% of Alaska K-12 students attend private schools. But private schools account for 8% of all K-12 schools in Alaska. While class sizes are kept smaller at private schools, public school class sizes have consistently gotten bigger in Anchorage.

Parents interviewed for this story saidsmaller class sizes were the main reason they chose private schools over public, charter or homeschool options. Teachers can offer more individual attention to a smaller group of children in private school classes and are often paid higher wages than their public school counterparts.

About a quarter-mile down the street from Thomas More, Pacific Northern Academy is also leasing space from a church. But that religious institution has no influence over its curriculum, making Pacific Northern one of the state’s few private schools without religious affiliation.

Tuition rates at Pacific Northern are among the highest in Alaska. Class sizes are capped at 18 students for first through eighth grades, and the curriculum is focused on social and emotional learning with a project-based approach, meaning students learn together and often learn outdoors.

“Every private school has their niche,” said Anna Ramsey, head of school at Pacific Northern. “We are not affiliated with any religion or other organization. We are truly independent, and for many of our families, that is an important part of their decision-making process.”

Val Zeigler has two children enrolled at Pacific Northern Academy. Zeigler said she and her husband decided to enroll their oldest child after their youngest enjoyed the preschool program.
“We never intended, honestly, to go to a private school, but we had such a good experience with our son that we decided to bring her over,” Zeigler said.

Zeigler said her family has education savings accounts for their children, but decided against holding on to that money until their children were ready to attend college.

“If they hated school, what would that look like in the future?” Zeigler asked. “We would rather the kids enjoy school now, and be happy about school and be engaged in school and pay for that school now, then maybe they go to college.”

Farther north, Catholic Schools of Fairbanks is one of several Christian private school options in the area. Monroe Catholic Jr./Sr. High School Principal Patrick Riggs said even non-Catholic families value the Jesuit traditions at the school.
Monroe was one of the only options in Fairbanks for in-person classes in fall 2020 after the COVID-19 pandemic forced public school districts to pivot to remote learning.

Riggs said students switching between the Christian private school and other public, charter or homeschool options is common, most frequently occurring when students enter middle school or high school.

“The proliferation of school choice affects us in some ways just as much as it does the district,” Riggs said. “Either all of my friends are in the school district, or there’s some sports offerings or course offerings or something like that, so that’s usually the reason why people move.”

Riggs doesn’t see public schools — or other Christian private schools in Fairbanks — as competition, but rather as members of the same community.

“Our hope is that all of us succeed,” Riggs said.

Alaska’s charter schools have been lauded as the nation’s best, but charter schools must be approved by their local school district and the state board of education, while private school accreditation is optional. The cost of that accreditation is often passed on to tuition-paying families.

Thomas More does not pay for its Hillsdale affiliation, Spaulding said. Instead, it must adhere to 10 tenets of the classical education, and Hillsdale provides much of its curriculum to schools for free.
Alaska is tied for the lowest private school enrollment in the nation. Due to the plethora of school choice options available for Alaska parents, private school enrollment can often trend toward wealthier families. Nationwide, that trend has increased over time.

According to demographic data reported by ProPublica, white students make up a 30% greater share of Alaska’s private school enrollment than they do in public schools. The report also found the portion of Alaska Native or Indigenous students is more than three times higher in Alaska public schools than it is in private schools.

[Outmigration, inflation, choice schools: Alaska public school closures likely to continue without changes]

Classical competition
In Anchorage, Thomas More Classical School joins Holy Rosary Academy as the only schools offering a “classical” education. Holy Rosary was founded in 1987, but re-founded in 2003 to focus on the classical curriculum. Principal Marie-Louise Schirda said their instruction revolves around grammar, logic and rhetoric.

“It’s not a one-size, cookie-cutter curriculum. It’s not like a Hillsdale curriculum,” Schirda said. “This produces the best student outcomes. It does, because our test scores show it.”

Holy Rosary has been ranked the top private school in Alaska three years running by Niche, a website formerly known as College Prowler that provides rankings and information, mostly about schools. Schirda said the school is distinguished from Thomas More by its dedication to Catholicism, specifically.

“For us, I think it’s good to have competition,” Schirda said. “I think it’s good for parents in Anchorage to have more choice.”

In attendance at Thursday’s ribbon cutting were** Dunleavy and Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, as well as *state Sen. James Kaufman and Rep. Julie Coulombe, both Anchorage Republicans. The school’s board members include counsel to the governor Stephen Cox, Dunleavy’s former assistant education commissioner Niki Tshibaka *and Charles Gartland, a civil division director for the Alaska Department of Law. The school was named after the Catholic church’s patron saint for lawyers and politicians.

The schools do not receive funding from state or federal governments. Hillsdale President Larry P. Arnn was chosen by President Donald Trump in 2020 to chair a commission to promote patriotic education, and Hillsdale leaders served on the advisory board for Project 2025.

Cristina Cox has two children enrolled at Thomas More. She said she and her husband, Stephen, seek out classical schools for their children.

“We fell in love with it and as we’ve moved, we’ve searched for that,” Cox said.

Stephen Cox sparked controversy last fall when he and Deena Bishop, the state’s education commissioner, exchanged letters with Anchorage School District officials over a non-endorsement sticker affixed to Hillsdale-sponsored pocket constitutions distributed to students in Anchorage schools”

About 70 students are already registered at the school, and Spaulding said they have room for 118 students total this year.

Classes begin Aug. 19.

Hickel descendants ask Bernadette Wilson to stop using former governor’s image in her campaign

By Iris Samuels

The sons of former Gov. Wally Hickel are asking gubernatorial candidate Bernadette Wilson — Hickel’s great-niece — to cease promoting what they call “a false narrative” about her connection with the former governor.

“While neither we nor our company wish to have any involvement in this year’s governor’s race, we cannot allow Governor Hickel’s memory to be misused for political gain,” four of Wally Hickel’s sons wrote in a letter from the Hickel Investment Company addressed to Wilson and shared with news outlets on Friday.

Wilson, 42, is one of 12 Republican candidates in this year’s gubernatorial race, out of a total of 17 candidates. She has prominently emphasized her relation to Hickel, who died in 2010, on her campaign materials since entering the governor’s race last year.

Wilson did not respond to a call seeking comment on the letter.
Wilson’s connection to Hickel is through her maternal grandfather, Vernon Hickel, who was the former governor’s younger brother. Vernon Hickel, the seventh out of 10 children, followed his older brother to Alaska in 1948.

Vernon Hickel had 17 children, according to his obituary. Among them was Roberta Zipay, Bernadette Wilson’s mother. At the time of Vernon’s death in 2016, his obituary stated that he had 72 grandchildren. Bernadette Wilson is among them.

Wilson has previously shared that she was born in Kenai. Her parents got divorced when she was young, she said, and she was raised by her mother in Anchorage. She has hosted a talk radio show and owns a garbage disposal company. She has not previously held public office.

Wilson has mounted a conservative campaign, criticizing centrist and left-leaning lawmakers and calling for larger cash payments to Alaskans from the Permanent Fund earnings. But the Hickels did not make clear if they found any particular policy proposal objectionable.

Wally Hickel III declined an interview request.

Former Gov. Wally Hickel led the state from 1966-1969 and from 1990-1994, working to promote resource development. He was a member of the Republican Party for most of his career, but was later elected as a member of the Alaskan Independence Party.

The letter accuses Wilson of pushing “the narrative that Governor Hickel would endorse your candidacy if he were still alive, and that your agenda is a continuation of Governor Hickel’s ideals and legacy.” It goes on to say that her campaign “promotes the false narrative that there is some sort of close connection between Governor Hickel and your candidacy. That has unwanted political consequences for everyone who bears his name and continues his businesses.”

“There is no connection between Governor Hickel, who died sixteen years ago, and this campaign,” the letter states.

The late governor’s sons, who hold a controlling share of the Hickel Investment Company, go on to call Wilson’s use of their father’s image and legacy “misleading and disrespectful.”

The Hickel Investment Company is a real estate development firm whose holdings include downtown Anchorage’s Hotel Captain Cook.
According to filings with the state, one of Vernon Hickel’s sons, who is also named Vernon, has contributed $1,000 to his niece’s campaign. Wally Hickel Jr., who signed the letter, also gave Wilson’s campaign $500 earlier this month.

None of Hickel’s other sons contributed to gubernatorial campaigns this year.

No one is doing more to keep Dan J. Sullivan’s name in front of the public than Dan S.
Strassel, a long-time right-wing political columnist, visited Alaska in 2014 to write a piece attacking the reelection campaign of Sen. Mark Begich, his support for Obamacare, and claiming that Dan Sullivan’s “pro Alaska brag sheet is long.”
She eventually married the man she quoted in the lead about Begich’s failings, Nick Van Dyke, and moved to Wasilla.
On Strassel’s podcast with Dan S., they both complained about ranked choice voting, claimed the Alaska Supreme Court was wrong in allowing Petersburg Dan J. on the ballot. They agreed that Alaskans are angry about the Southeast Sullivan.
Dan S. continues to insinuate that Petersburg Dan J. might have violated someone’s civil rights, amplifying the fatuous claims of GOP activists from Outside.

In the interaction, division spokesperson Steve Kirch placed his hands over the lens of an Alaska’s News Source photojournalist’s camera. The photojournalist asked Kirch to stop. He responded, “well, then get the camera out of the way.”
Kirch was asked why he placed his hands on the camera, which he did not answer.

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Michael Kornely federal trial set for Sept. 21 in Green Bay

ALISA M. SCHAFER**  **

Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

https://eu.htrnews.com/story/news/crime/2026/07/15/francis-creek-man-michael-kornely-sept-21-federal-trial-green-bay/90932906007/

CITY of MANITOWOC – A 76-year-old Francis Creek man could face life in prison if convicted on federal charges tied to allegations he transported two minors across state lines with the intent to sexually assault them in the early 2000s.

The trial for Michael J. Kornely is scheduled to start Sept. 21 at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in Green Bay and will address two charges of transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and a third charge of using a computer to attempt to persuade, induce or entice a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity.

If convicted of the charges, Kornely could face up to life in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. He would also be required to register as a sex offender.

According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Kornely is alleged to have transported two minor victims across state lines “with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity” in 2005 and 2006.

The release also states Kornely is suspected to have “used a computer to attempt to persuade, induce and entice a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity” in March 2024.

Judge Byron Conway is presiding over Kornely’s Eastern District of Wisconsin case, and assistant U.S. attorneys Timothy Funnell, Daniel Humble and Kevin Knight are prosecuting it. Kornely is being represented by attorney Jason Luczak.

Michael Kornely also faces Manitowoc County charges

Kornely was also charged with second-degree sexual assault of an intoxicated victim and third-degree sexual assault in a case filed March 22, 2024, with the Manitowoc County Circuit Court.

On those charges, Kornely will undergo a jury trial starting Dec. 1 at the Manitowoc County Courthouse. The trial is expected to last four days.

The criminal complaint states the victim reported a sexual assault, alleging Kornely was the perpetrator.

Judge Mark Rohrer is presiding over Kornely’s Manitowoc County Circuit Court case, and Assistant District Attorney Angelina Scarpelli is prosecuting it. Luczak is representing Kornely in this case as well.

Opinion: Dark money just proved that Alaska’s disclosure laws are working

by Ruth Hall

Published: June 18, 2026

When Alaskans voted in 2020 to adopt open primaries and ranked choice voting, they did more than change how elections are conducted. They also strengthened Alaska’s protections against dark money.

The principle behind Alaska’s true source disclosure law is simple: If someone is spending money to influence our elections, voters deserve to know who that person is and where they are from. Not the political committee or nonprofit or dark money pass-through — the actual source of the money.

But there are people who don’t want that information to be available to voters. The campaign seeking to repeal these campaign finance transparency laws is now the subject of an Alaska Public Offices Commission complaintfor intentionally failing to comply with them.

According to the complaint, Repeal Nowreceived most of its funding from Aurora Action Network, a Wisconsin-based political committee. Disclosure reports show that roughly 80% of Aurora Action Network’s funding came from a single donor: a billionaire from Pennsylvania named Jeffrey Yass.

In other words, one out-of-state billionaire appears to be financing the vast majority of the effort to undo Alaska’s campaign finance transparency.

Yet Repeal Now’s website and all of its on-ad disclaimers identify Aurora Action Network as based in Anchorage at a random residential home.

How does that add up?

The facts will ultimately be sorted out through APOC’s investigation. But from the outside, it looks like the Repeal campaign was trying to obscure where its funding is coming from rather than tell voters the truth.

That’s the essence of dark money. Dark money is not simply money from outside Alaska. It’s money routed through layers of organizations that make it difficult or impossible for voters to identify who is actually paying for political campaigns.

Without Alaska’s true source disclosure law, voters might never know that a Pennsylvania billionaire was responsible for most of the funding behind this repeal effort. They would see only the name of a political committee and be left to assume the money came from Alaskans. Instead, Alaska voters can follow the money all the way back to its original source.

Across multiple ballot campaigns, Alaskans have made it clear they want more transparency in politics, not less. We may disagree about candidates, parties and policies, but we can all agree that voters deserve to know who is trying to influence our elections.

This example shows why true source disclosure matters. The law is working. It’s making outside spenders uncomfortable. True source disclosure laws have pulled back the curtain on a major source of political spending and given voters information they otherwise would not have had.

The campaign seeking to repeal Alaska’s election system, and seeking to repeal Alaska’s ban on dark money along with it, has inadvertently made the strongest case for keeping it.