Trailer for Iditarod-critical movie now on YouTube A rumored take-down documentary on the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race hasn’t hit the big screen yet, but the trailer is out and the […]
Iditarod nightmare
Iditarod non-cheats
Commentary Hard to believe, but the most honest people in American sport are all a dither about fears modern-day communications might lead to cheating in Alaska’s most famous sports competition. Yes, we’re […]
Bear maulings peak
The big, brown bears of coastal Alaska have yet to enter hibernation, but already the 49th state appears to have tied the previous annual record for bear maulings. A Thursday attack in […]
“Yukon Fox” falls ill
Seventy-six-year-old musher Emmitt Peters from Ruby, the man who forever changed the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, was in the intensive care unit of the Fairbanks hospital on Saturday after suffering a […]
Disorderly and unsafe
The winter meeting of the Alaska Board of Fisheries is months away but already the weirdness has begun. At a work session in Kenai-Soldotna this week, the board spent some time kicking […]
Welcome to Alaska
Young, visiting photographer Christian McLeod from Ireland went looking for a taste of Anchorage’s big wild life on Sunday only to fall victim to one of the city’s oldest urban nightmares – […]
Family feud
Alaskans Barney Gottstein and the late Larry Carr built an empire by being hard-driving and capable businessmen. Now one of the heirs to that dynasty is in court duking it out with […]
Made not in Alaska
The white moose ghosted onto the “I Love Alaska” Facebook page on Monday, and by Tuesday it’s fate was the subject of some debate. Gotta love the internets.
Good-bye La Nina
Put the skis back in the closest and forget winterizing the bike for now. In case Hillary and Donald yelling at each other made you miss the biggest news in Alaska this […]
Victims upon victims
Valerie Anderson never went looking for media trouble, but she found it thanks to an over-zealous boss and an irresponsible press. The boss is to be excused because what happened to Valerie’s […]
