By SCOTT BOWLEN from Ketchikan Daily News

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — Recreational boating accidents claimed 22 lives in Alaska during 2012, resulting in the Last Frontier having the highest fatality rate in the United States.

Editorial

…..The Division of Elections says it appears someone registered to vote in Alaska and in another state and then cast ballots in both states during the November election.

Editorial

Even Democrats, who generally are blind to the antics of their own, must know when one of theirs goes too far.

By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES

ROME — For centuries, the art of iconography has provided a window to the divine, a doorway into history that not only serves as an artistic representation of a biblical event or of a saintly figure, but more so, as a form of evangelization that reveals the love of God towards mankind.

By Dan Schwartz

….“It would have been a lot more exciting if I had woke up and caught him in the act,” Sterling resident Norm Israelson said.

By Capt. Peter Garay

As a brief introduction, the following idea revolves around homeland security, and to a lesser extent, simply planting our country’s flag in Alaska’s backyard to let the rest of the Arctic nations (and world) know Alaska and the United States are serious about becoming an “Arctic Ready ” entity on all of its diverse and challenging fronts.

By Gary Horne

Recent abuses of power are a reminder that the barbarians are still with us, using the power of progressive government to punish anyone who dares oppose them.

By: Joe Newby

One thing has become crystal clear in the last few days; Liberalism is an ideology of hate.

By Matt Purple

In 1987, on the evening of her third general election victory as leader of the Conservative Party, the late and great Margaret Thatcher gave a speech before her constituents in the district of Finchley.

By Linda Chavez

Lucky for Barack Obama, he’s the president of the United States and not the CEO of a major corporation.

Editorial

Abuse Of Power: Any scandal investigation that expects a “Eureka!” moment, a White House e-mail, or Oval Office smoking gun will be misguided. In fact, the dots are already connected directly to the president.

By Harold Hutchison

The Internal Revenue Service harassed Tea Party and other conservative and libertarian groups going back as early as June 2009.

By: Joseph Kirk

There is a town in Alaska that has had a cat as mayor for 16 years. The cat named Stubbs has been the mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska for nearly all of his life — no joke.

Editorial

Ice tips the scale at 57 pounds per cubic foot, more or less, making the proper ranking of this year’s breakup of countless such cubic feet on the Tanana River at Nenana among the heftiest of topics.

By Michael Reagan

Remember the 1996 movie, “A Time to Kill”?