Climate change began poisoning the people of the Norwegian Arctic with dangerous chemicals some 3,800 to 6,300 years ago scientists have concluded after digging around in the garbage pits of that country’s […]
Safely unknown
A historic bankruptcy
Finally bowing to what seemed inevitable for so long, the national newspaper chain that for more than two decades owned Alaska’s largest and most influential news organization has announced its plan to […]
Stormy seas
The problems for Alaska’s commercial fishing industry – once the state’s largest employer but now second to tourism – are growing by the day. Seafood News today reported the lastest survey by […]
Crap
PORTLAND, Ore. – Anchorage’s mob of fat-tired cyclist ranting about those little bags of dog crap showing up alongside trails all over Alaska’s largest city, take note: It’s not just an Anchorage […]
Fishery chaos
As the Alaska Board of Fisheries meets in Anchorage to discuss the fate of Cook Inlet salmon fisheries, the potentional bombshell that has been but a rumor since fall has finally slid […]
Salmon fantasies
Despite a decade-long, average commercial harvest of only about 2.6 million Upper Cook Inlet sockeye salmon, the dream of a scaly silver bounty lives on among the approximately 1,000 Alaskans who own […]
North vs. south
News Analysis As the Alaska Board of Fisheries prepares to take up the always heated issue of who gets to catch what salmon and how many in Cook Inlet, the Kenai Peninsula […]
The lobbyists
In debt to the state of Alaska to the tune of about $90 million, beholden to the state to collect and turnover hatchery taxes on commercial fishermen to keep hatcheries running, and […]
Real Alaska
Even in these global warming days, Alaska can still make residents of the 49th state shiver in their socks. Coming off the warmest year in state history, January 2020 slapped the residents […]
Maximum efficiency
One of the most contentious fisheries in the waters off the Alaska coast is now making claims to being one of the world’s climate-friendliest sources of protein. Citing research from the University […]
