Mareesa Nicosia is a reporter from New York who journeyed to the tiny, Alaska village of Newtok late this summer to write about global warming because global warming is trending. Newtok is […]
Alaska’s real problems
Unhooked from hiring freeze
The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute has been freed from a state hiring freeze so it can advertise for a new domestic marketing director to work in Seattle. The starting salary is listed […]
Barrow under siege
The apocalypse is at the door of Alaska’s and America’s northernmost community. You can read about it on the internets. “A stroll along one of Barrow’s handful of roads shows just […]
Political shark bait
First nobody wanted to take on incumbent Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, and now one big-name player is firmly in the Senate race with another making noises about running a write-in campaign in […]
Oh no, no snow
Winter-loving Alaskans clinging to La Nina dreams of a winter better than the Seattle-soggy nightmare of a year ago best ignore the latest report from the national Climate Prediction Center. Spoiler alert! […]
Another “magic bus” rescue
The National Park Service was at it again in the Alaska Interior on Monday, chasing after yet another adventurer missing on a trip to the “Magic Bus” made famous by actor-turned-director Sean […]
A new Iditarod distance?
The exact length of Alaska’s Iditarod Trail has been the subject of debate for years now. The distance from Anchorage to Nome started at more than 1,100 miles, shrunk to 900 miles […]
Not moose, not murder
Injuries from a moose collision and foul play have both been ruled out in the strange death of 50-year-old Connie Segevan, an Anchorage woman sadly involved in one of the oddest news […]
Here we go again
The Alaska politician famous for presumptively winning and then unbelievably losing a U.S. Senate seat in 2010 is back in the race against an old foe. Say hello to former Republican Joe […]
AK’s truly biggest problem?
Grab the chips and beer and party down. Alaska could be on its way to again challenging for the title as the Fattest State in the Nation. An early decade dip in […]
