Why not make money instead? Some Alaska lawmakers are once again upset about reports of a few snowbirds who claim Alaska residency so they can come north each summer to catch loads […]
Chasing phantoms
Fall of the kings
Are Alaska salmon farmers to blame? A news analysis The Seattle-area-based Wild Fish Conservancy has dropped a bomb on the Alaska commercial fishing industry with a petition to the federal government demanding […]
Why, just why?
What drives us apart Update: The Anchorage Museum says it has now paused its race-based admission policy while it considers “the broader community considerations and applicable museum guidelines and the law.” In […]
Gone processing
The price of progress? As you read this, work is continuing in Bellingham, Wash., on a $40-million, federally financed, salmon-processing barge some think could revolutionize the Alaska fishing business. By spring, the […]
Unnoticed devolution
Curse of the machines LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – Almost from the moment of arrival at Heathrow Airport on the outskirts of this teeming European metropolis, you are confronted by the machines steadily […]
Canine road kill
Machines are our friends until…. Outrage has followed the deaths of three more Alaska sled dogs hit by a motorized vehicle on the Denali Highway, but in many ways, the tragic […]
Winning
Lifespan jumps up for most Only time will tell how history assesses the pandemic that terrified Americans in the early 21st century, but a few things are already becoming clear. For […]
The know-it-all problem
News as propaganda kills trust Sometimes it is hard to tell whether scientists or journalists are most responsible for the pervasive global warming skepticism in the world’s largest and most powerful […]
The great addiction
More than a century on from when Henry Ford changed America forever with the introduction of the Model T, the time has come to ask whether we still own motor vehicles […]
New, “new journalism”
How PR stole the show If a New Orleans law firm is to be believed, Alaska is the nation’s deadliest state for “freeway driving.” The 10-person firm of Scott Vicknair Law did […]
