A white wolf that isn’t supposed to be alive has finally made the news in Alaska’s largest city. KTUU.com on Friday reported the wolf in Anchorage after television station viewer LeRoy Polk […]
Sled Dogs = Blackfish
Sea World Entertainment, the mother company for the popular marine parks of the same name across the southern tier of the United State, this week announced the layoff of more than 320 […]
Musher murdered
A Scottish dog musher with ties to Alaska and the global mushing scene has died in a bizarre murder in Finland. The BBC is reporting that 26-year-old Rebecca Johnson, who went […]
David’s Law
In the wake of the horrific and almost unbelievable execution-style murder of a 16-year-old Palmer, Alaska, youth – allegedly at the hands of a similarly aged teen – a 49th-state educator has suggested […]
Fattest fattie
By stealing an idea from some of the first, fledgling “fat bikes” of Alaska’s fabled “Iditabike,” a Canadian adventure has created the fattest of the fat – a super-wide-tired monster he hopes […]
Cold, dark and dying
December in Alaska is always a grim time of year buoyed only temporarily by holiday cheer. The shortening of the days is impossible to avoid. Nine-to-5ers can go from home to […]
‘Sled Dogs’ nets win
About the worst news imaginable for Alaska dog mushers was coming out of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, on Sunday. “Sled Dogs,” the documentary that takes issue with the sled-dog industry in general […]
Russia at it again?
Commentary Is it possible Russia is trying to co-opt Americans with fake news once again as the Washington Post charged shortly after president-elect Republican Donald Trump upset Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton in […]
The danger season
With darkness fast closing in, the rescue of an injured skier was underway in Turnagain Pass southeast of Anchorage late Wednesday afternoon, but it was unclear whether the injuries had occurred in […]
Global warming chill
If you were shivering in Alaska today, blame the New York Times. There is an old joke made in journalism that if you want the weather to change, just write about […]