It’s been a busy holiday season this past week, with Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa all taking place within days of each other. Hanukkah began on Wednesday and will end the day after New Year ...

City Manager Nate Pagan said the discussions are preliminary and will involve officials from agencies that work with the homeless.

Such is the time of year when pastors stress over recruiting adult volunteers and children for the annual Currier & Ives/Thomas Kinkade/Hallmark card “Christmas Pageant.” Meanwhile, those who ...

Athletes from Palmer, Wasilla and Colony high schools took home state titles in the boys and girls divisions during the ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Wrestling State Championships Dec. 20 and 21 ...

A Uruguayan artist by the name of Joaquin Arbiza has created a one-off, definitely-not-V12-powered Pagani Zonda art car for a collector that a) showcases said collector’s admiration for mildly ...

On December 19-20, Thailand will host regional representatives in their latest meetings on the Myanmar crisis. Neighboring countries will first come together to discuss border security with the ...

Q: I have heard that Jesus may have been born at a different time of year and that Dec. 25 was a pagan holiday celebrating the sun god. Can you shed some light on this? A: I have been saving this ...

I affirm that it is a reasonable date. Is the celebration of Christ’s birth on December 25 appropriated from a pagan festival? Not necessarily. First, there is also evidence that Christians studied to ...

The winter solstice marks both the shortest day and the longest night as the Earth tilts furthest from the sun. The winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere typically falls every year between Dec.

This was the second incident of vandalism to the pagan icon Baphomet in a week.

The Christian message is inescapable. I believe the love of Christmas coupled with the loathing of Christianity is one reason why atheists continue to repeat the claim that Christmas is a repurposing ...

Despite China’s calls for it to stop fighting against the Myanmar junta, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has reopened an offensive front in the country’s northernmost Putao District, Kachin State, ...