UPDATE: Despite what a state website might say, a spokeswoman for the Division of Public Health says it no longer hands out safety reflectors for children. For those on foot or […]
Real Alaska killer
She’s back….
Unbowed by her more than $30 million business failure and what the fallout from a high-profile bankruptcy might have done to her credibility, former ADN.com owner Alice Rogoff is back in […]
White Halloween?
Despite an average, monthly temperature running more than 11 degrees above normal in Alaska’s largest city, National Weather Service forecasters are predicting an Anchorage tradition could continue: Halloween might be greeted by […]
Alaska crossroads
From Kokhanok on Iliamna Lake in the heart of the land of opposition to Alaska’s Pebble Mine, 58-year-old Gary Nielsen has a unique perspective on the simmering war over salmon habitat that […]
AK leads way to #1!
The annual report from the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission is out and the United States, led by Alaska, is the 2017 world leader in hatchery-salmon ranching. Almost 1.9 billion immature salmon […]
NYT nyet
A New York Times reporting error reached all the way to Alaska last week where Israel Payton, a member of the Alaska Board of Fisheries, had to explain what wasn’t. The case […]
Hidden story
One thing nearly all politicians share in common is this: They’re all about transparency until it’s time to be transparent. Here was Alaska Gov. Bill Walker four years ago in his […]
A new season
The green, green grass of October is marking the development of a Brave New Season for the residents of Alaska’s urban core. In a land that usually transitions rapidly from summer […]
Win for AK hatcheries
Before a room packed with commercial fishermen angry they might lose profits from catches of hatchery salmon, the Alaska Board of Fisheries on Tuesday turned back a proposal to cap or […]
Tokyo goes; LNG woes
Scratch Tokyo Gas as one of the candidates for the purchase of Alaska North Slope LNG. A variety of sources are reporting the company, a major Japanese importer of liquified natural […]
