Humpysque prices for sockeye salmon A perfect economic storm is brewing across Alaska as the 49th state heads into the heart of the brief and frenzied season that defines its commercial […]
Plummeting value
Worse than ever
Obesity epidemic appears underestimated Americans might be even fatter than the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have been warning for years, physicians were told at the Endocrine Society meeting in Chicago […]
Dogged problem
Call for Anchorage leash law rising again Summer has come to Alaska’s largest city; local trails are busy with Anchoragites; and dogs are once again rivaling the now Portlandesque problem of the […]
Lucky us
Alaskans who believe artificial intelligence is intelligent can now throw away all their smelly, plastic-eating, DEET-filled insect repellent. ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot launched in November of last year, has concluded […]
100 dead bears
How many is too many? Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) have joined the list of environmental groups outraged by the state of Alaska’s execution of just shy of 100 bears and […]
Killers on the road
And the foolishness of toothless regulation Fueled by good intentions, a trio of politicians in Alaska’s largest city has drafted a new ordinance to protect “vulnerable road users” that is […]
Eating more fish
But little of it appears to be Alaskan The National Seafood Institute has proclaimed 2021 a “Record Year for Seafood Consumption” in the U.S., which would at first blush look like great […]
Clickbait
It’s not just for journalists anymore Researchers examining the thousands of pandemic studies of SARS-CoV-2, Covid-19 and related fallout have concluded some scientists might have become as fixated as journalists on attracting […]
Economic consequences
Russian fish replacing Alaska’s in China (This story was updated on May 29, 2023 to reflect that Russia plans to make the ice-choked Northern Sea Route a year-round shipping corridor starting […]
Dangerous innocence
The risks of not knowing Spring in the Alaska wilds is once again doing what it does best, killing the unwary. The latest to die was a 20-year-old man from Illinois unfamiliar […]
