One of the biggest stories in the news this weekend was a Washington Post report that the Russian government was behind a lot of “fake news” in the run up to U.S. […]
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Director strikes back
The director of the controversial though yet-to-be seen film “Sled Dogs” is pushing back at accusations she misled the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race into helping her film crew follow a rookie […]
#Journalism’slastdays
Commentary “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Pogo American journalism is dying, and it’s about time journalists own up to their part in this disaster. Time to peer in […]
More bad gas news
While Alaska Gov. Bill Walker and his entourage were in Japan this week riding out an earthquake in a luxury hotel that had to be kept secret for “security reasons,” hopes […]
Down, down, down
Alaska’s largest city is leading the bust as the once-booming economy of the 49th state collapses in the wake of falling global oil prices, according to new report just out from the […]
Serial killers
Afterward, when the dust has settled and the killer of our worst fears is dead, what so many want to know is why. Robert Hansen, the “Butcher Baker;” Israel Keyes, the bi-coastal […]
Director finally talks
The director of a controversial, though yet-to-screen movie about the sled-dog business has emerged from hiding to tell the CBC that most people have no idea what goes on in mushing kennels. […]
Gassed out?
Alaska’s complicated path through the alder thicket to find the route to becoming the liquified natural gas (LNG) provider to the Pacific Rim appears to have run into a small cliff. “Must […]
Vote again now
President-elect Donald Trump has begun polling his Alaska supporters by e-mail on what he should do first after being sworn into office, but it appears the Trump survey is open to all […]
Maw fight: Round 2
A Superior Court judge in Juneau will now decide whether the outlaw Roland Maw, a one-time member of the Alaska Board of Fisheries, goes to trial on charges of bilking the Permanent […]
