Are Alaska salmon farmers to blame? A news analysis The Seattle-area-based Wild Fish Conservancy has dropped a bomb on the Alaska commercial fishing industry with a petition to the federal government demanding […]
Fall of the kings
Tangled up in fish
Alaska’s incredibly complicated marine ecosystems Populations of Pacific Ocean perch, a species about which little is known, and sablefish are now on the rise across the Gulf of Alaska and dominant in […]
Canine road kill
Machines are our friends until…. Outrage has followed the deaths of three more Alaska sled dogs hit by a motorized vehicle on the Denali Highway, but in many ways, the tragic […]
For sale
Alaska seafood processing fallout begins Alaska’s largest seafood processor – Seattle-based Trident Seafoods – has dropped another bomb on the 49th state fishing industry. In the wake of a November warning that […]
Death by selfie
The killer in your hand Beware: Scientists are now warning that your so-called “smartphone” could kill you. They did not specify whether this is because the smartphone is smart and dislikes […]
Rundown and dead
Update: Alaska State Troopers say they have now cited a 28-year-old Healy man on charges of “negligent driving” in connection with this collision. They say Austin Gibbs was charged after “a […]
Tough to predict
Good-bye new norm, hello old Alaska’s largest city was still digging out from under more than three feet of “equal chances” on Monday with still more snowfall in the forecast for the […]
A business in crisis
Alaska salmon processors paint a grim picture After years of choking on record runs of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon and near-record runs of heavily farmed, low-value pink salmon, the Alaska fishing industry […]
Banff bear deaths
Questions raised as to use of bear spray Update 10/5/2023: A friend of the dead couple has told the Calgary Herald and other Canadian news organizations that they were apparently attacked while […]
Deadly flights
Retired BIA director victim of risky job Ten days before Gene Peltola’s 2022 retirement from his position as Alaska director for the Bureau of Indian Affairs – where he championed the […]
