Iditarod Trail Invitational sputtering and stalling As darkness settled over the vast, desolate, bitterly cold and once-again wild heart of Alaska known to the territory as the “Inland Empire,” a lone Irishman […]
A missing trail
Freezing in Alaska
Old-fashioned Iditarod coming? Temperatures along the Yukon River deep in the heart of Alaska had warmed up to near 50 degrees below zero this morning as the 49th state heads toward the […]
Tough folks
The dogless Iditarod marches north America might today be facing a serious fitness crisis, but if you have any concerns about the total demise of tough people in these unUnited States, turn […]
Bad boyfriend
Iditarod musher declares innocence Two years after being booted from the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race amid allegations of sexual misconduct, disgraced former champ Brent Sass from Eureka has offered his first […]
Welcome to AK
Princess or witch? As night was settling over the Alaska Range on Monday, 36-year-old, Norwegian ultra-athlete Justinas Leveika looked well on his way to becoming the fastest cyclist ever to pedal a […]
Trail tales
The “Last Toughtest Race” underway With minimal fanfare, what has become the Iditarod Trail’s biggest sporting event launched north on the trail Sunday, a day after the winners of the second biggest […]
Dreaded over-escapement
Scientific guestimating For years now, Cook Inlet commercial fishermen have been trooping before the Alaska Board of Fisheries to complain that the state is undermining the productivity of the Kenai River, the […]
Cheap labor
Alaska’s ‘Wild’ Product of Asia A news analysis With President Donald Trump reguarly ordering or threatening new tariffs to balance the country’s nearly $300 billion trade deficit with China, the Alaska Seafood […]
China wins
The global humpy leader Scientists can argue about the ecological consequences of Alaska salmon hatcheries helping to flood the North Pacific Ocean with pink salmon, but what appears clear now is that […]
Humpies invade
The all-conquering pink salmon While Alaska fisheries biologists have been fretting about whether pink salmon straying from the state’s ocean-farming ranches could damage the genetics of wild, 49th-state pinks, the feral progeny […]
