In one of the sadder moments in the history of modern journalism in Alaska, Tony Hopfinger, the founder and former editor of AlaskaDispatch.com, has sued former business partner and good friend Alice […]
Whale of an AK ride
A group of predominantly German tourists got a better than hoped for Alaska wildlife sightseeing cruise on Wednesday when they found themselves up close and personal with a humpback whale. “It was […]
Dividing America
The terrorists are winning. Leave no doubt about that when the New York Times, the country’s premiere news organization, editorializes in this way:
Life and death’s thin line
UPDATED with climber’s identity. High on Alaska’s Mount Denali, people are so close to human limits that sometimes not even fast and heroic rescue efforts can save them. Denali National Park and […]
Online only – a coming trend?
Twenty-five years after jumping into the newspaper publishing business, Homer Tribune owner Jane Pascall is abandoning print and dumping all her marbles into the tubes. The weekly newspaper in the community of […]
Alaska: It can kill you
Updated: June 13, 2016 If ever there was a week to illustrate the potential dangers that lurk on the very edge of civilization’s foothold in Alaska, this was it. Four confirmed dead […]
Still no ID on mauling victim
June 13, 2016 UPDATE: The victim of the attack has now been identified by Anchorage Police as 50-year-old Fred Mayac of Anchorage. Mayac is an ivory carver who traces his family history […]
Dead in Denali
UPDATED: 4 p.m.. June 10, 2016 Only 10 to 15 miles south of where the body of posthumously famous adventurer Chris McCandless was found, the National Park Service is reporting the discovery […]
Near deadly bear attack
UPDATED – June 13, 2o16 Alaska bear attacks don’t come any stranger than this: The Anchorage Police Department is saying a seriously injured man who stumbled out of the woods in South […]
What happened to Nephi?
The search for Nephi Soper is over, but as with Chris McCandless before him the mystery of what happened to the 26-year-old might linger forever. Soper’s body was found Sunday morning floating […]
