Last week commercial fishermen from Cook Inlet were in court arguing the Alaska Department of Fish and Game had unfairly cut their fishing time to protect a struggling run of world-famous Kenai […]
Down, down, down
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Sour sourdoughs
An old northland joke describes an Alaska sourdough as someone who has gone sour on the country but lacks the dough to pay for passage to friendlier environments to the south. And […]
Endless battle
Update, Aug. 5, 2019: Judge Jason Gist today issued an 11-page decision wherein he point-by-point rejected just about every complaint made by the Cook Inlet Fishermen’s Fund, and then summed the essence […]
Fishing fair
Unhappy about state efforts to protect a struggling run of Kenai River king salmon, Cook Inlet commercial fishermen are headed into court today to ask a judge to order the Alaska Department […]
The killer bus
All deaths in the Alaska wild are not the same. When someone goes looking for danger and ends up dead, that’s on him or her. But when people are tempted into tragedy […]
Pie cutting
What would Alaskans think if the state dealt fiscally with the oil industry the way it does with the fishing industry? The question begs to be asked with the issuance of the […]
Into death
The old school bus that has become a shrine to misguided and ill-fated adventurer Chris McCandless appears to have claimed another victim. Alaska State Troopers say 24-year-old Veramika Maiamava died Thursday trying […]
Best of days
KENAI RIVER – Sockeye salmon swarmed the mouth of Alaska’s most popular stream on Wednesday. Invisible beneath the surface of the muddy glacial water, they returned in such numbers a 10-year-old with […]
The looking glass
Summer has come to Alaska and with it the annual flood of Outside writers and reporters to pontificate on what is wrong with the 49th state or probe its weighty environmental issues. […]
Winning feels good
Scientists at Cornell University and the European University Institute have confirmed what fans of National Football Leagues team have known for a long time: When your team wins, the worst officiating doesn’t […]
