Alaska is the only state in the union that offers a cash reward for being a resident. Some need that money badly. Some need it about as much as the average American […]
Taxing questions
Dangerous snow
Mother Nature delivered a classic, Bing Crosby-like “White Christmas” to winter sports fans living in Alaska’s urban core, but it came with a decidedly dark underbelly. About a month behind what […]
Santa is safe
Don’t panic children. Santa won’t be forced to swim for his life because of a brief, pre-Christmas thaw at the North Pole. Reports to the contrary can simply be blamed on journalists […]
“Sled dogs” cleared
More bad news for Alaska dog mushers trying to refute accusations of abuse suggested by the as-yet little seen documentary “Sled Dogs.” They had backed Canadian sled-dog businesses complaining to the […]
Fish fight end?
The North Pacific Fisheries Council has taken an unprecedented step to try to increase the value of halibut to the Alaska economy by allowing a yet-to-be-created, charter-boat fishing entity to buy […]
One stinky story
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has decided 70 fat-tire cyclists and runners set to hit the Iditarod Trail in February pose a risk to the outhouse outside the iconic, one-room Rohn […]
Over but not done
A Monday decision by 27-year-old Arnold Demoski to plead guilty to charges related to harassing musher Aily Zirkle during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and running down the team […]
Iditarod dog death
After months of wrangling between a Fairbanks attorney and Alaska prosecutors, a Nulato man who was at the controls of a snowmachine that ran into and killed a dog in the Iditarod […]
American justice
After years of putting up with the incessant barking of a neighbor’s dog, 69-year-old Jin Bong So of Anchorage finally couldn’t take it anymore and decided to do something about it. […]
Just fake enough
Commentary Enough with all this fretting about “fake news.” Let’s talk about what’s really irritating as a news consumer: Click baiting. It’s everywhere, and it’s almost enough make you stop reading news […]
