The Alaska Dispatch News might be in bankruptcy, but owner Alice Rogoff, the estranged wife of one of the country’s richest men, apparently still has access to more cash than most working […]
Cash-only please
Curtain of death
Two years after a bitter and unproductive fight to remove what are sometimes called the “curtains of death” in Alaska’s Cook Inlet, a new study is suggesting the answer to […]
Now’s the time
Summer has hit Alaska at last; can the Black Tape Project be far behind? Think global warming. Then think Anchorage Duct Tape Ball with a lot less duct tape and a lot more […]
Stupid AK stunts
Commentary Every Alaskan tells a story, don’t they? Every Alaskan has a tale about that day; that day they really did stupid in the wild or on the edge of the wild […]
Iditarod dog death 4
Updated: Mitch Seavey expected in Nome before 4 p.m. Bad news just kept coming for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday even as it prepared to crown another champion. As […]
Killed by cold
In a tragic incident possibly fueled by alcohol, a resident of remote Western Alaska appears to have died of hypothermia only yards from his village home. State officials are still awaiting an […]
Judging mountains
The wind was driving snow sideways across the mountains above Alaska’s largest city again on Thursday when the email arrived from Chugach National Forest Trail technician Irene Lindquist noting the high […]
Whose fault is it?
Commentary Updated: This story was updated on Feb. 14 to include a 2007 dog death in the team of then rookie Quest musher Brent Sass. For the second year in a row, Eureka’s […]
Cue the debate
Alaska Sen. Cathy Giessel, a conservatively fiscal Anchorage Republican, has introduced legislation to up the fee on ice-gripping, motor-vehicle tire studs from $5 to $75 in the 49th state, thus fueling the […]
Glacier dams Knik
A lobe of the Knik Glacier has cut off the flow of the river of the same name near Palmer, Alaska, leaving some recent visitors to the remote headwaters wondering if a […]
