When a dog bites a man, as a Pulitzer Prize winner observed more than 100 years ago, it is not news. On average, almost 120,000 children between the ages of one and […]
When AK bears attack
Two bear attacks within days, second victim from UA class
UPDATED — The problems for University of Alaska outdoor programs continue. Less than three weeks after an avalanche in the Alaska Range caught all of the instructors and students in a University […]
Kenai subsistence challenged
A federal agency wants to end a tiny subsistence, gillnet salmon fishery in the Kenai River for almost the exact same reason — bycatch — that more than 43,000 Alaskans in […]
Heaven-sent global warming
Only in Alaska would global warming come as a blessing for the National Park Service. To join with parks across the country in celebrating the 100th birthday of the federal agency, Denali […]
Dog death description only brings more questions
News analysis Anchorage dog shooter Jason Mellerstig has now given a partial account of the events leading up to the killing of a neighbor’s Labrador retriever in her yard in […]
Phantom bear attacks snowboarder in Japan
There’s a sucker born every minute, says the old phrase of much debated origin, and a whole lot of them inhabit the media these days. Some days the naivety is almost unbearable. […]
Alaska devours its young
One of the last posts Roger Hannon put on his Facebook page was a meme featuring a tail-walking snowmachine. “Jobs fill our pockets, But adventure fills our souls,” it said. Less […]
Fed fight on subsistence
Alaska’s regulatory subsistence caldron is bubbling again as the federal government tries to rid 49th state wildlife refuges of bear and wolf hunting practices distasteful to some people. Americans used to hunting […]
Alaska Range climber rescued
The annual climbing season in the Alaska Range is still about a month away, but Denali National Park and Preserve is reporting the first, high-altitude rescue of the year. The Park’s Talkeetna-based, […]
Iditarod’s problem?
So now it is official. Not one, but two female mushers in the Iditarod Trial Sled Dog Race were threatened or grabbed by men this year as they traveled along a wild […]
