New economic data might make Alaskans want to think twice about cursing those fish-filled coolers soon to start passing through Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage. Tourists appear willing to pump a […]
The money fish
Life with bruin
The bears have taken back the valley. The sign is everywhere, and it is more than the scat proliferating on neighborhood trails, the bear sightings shared by neighbors, and the bear cache […]
Alaska’s shrinking salmon
The season of the salmon in the waters surrounding Alaska’s urban core has opened with a warning that all might not be well in the North Pacific Ocean. Once again, as was […]
The real AK bites back
Commentary North of the Alaska Range mountains, global warming took a Tuesday setback in that snowy way that tends to make some people skeptical of climate change. Call this the normal variation […]
Global warming’s good side
The swallows and robins were beginning to nest in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday. The temperature hit 71 degrees, tying the all-time record high. And Friday May 13 appeared to be headed straight […]
Endangered dreams
The fate of a bucket-list trip of a lifetime for a 70-year-old Californian who long ago served his country while stationed at Fort Richardson outside of Anchorage now rests in the hands […]
The dying Kenai kings
UPDATED – May 20, 2016 Seven out of every 11 Kenai River late-run king salmon killed last year died in gillnets as what was once the most valuable sport fishery in Alaska […]
AK avalanche dangers linger
At a time when few people are worrying about the danger of avalanche in the nearby wilderness that surrounds the 49th state’s urban core, the Chugach National Forest is worrying about the […]
Denali search ends tragically
A Denali National Park search for 24-year-old Michael Purdy from Portland has ended tragically with his body found near the Savage River. National Park Service officials reported Sunday afternoon that a ground […]
Lost in Alaska
The tourist season hasn’t really begun yet in Alaska’s 6-million-acre Denali National Park and Preserve, but already the first search for a missing hiker is underway. Park officials say 24-year-old Michael Purdy […]
