An Alaska state record largemouth bass was pulled from Anchorage’s Sand Lake over the Labor Day weekend. It measured about seven and a half inches and was a first-ever catch in the […]
New AK record
Future fish
A News Analysis If Alaska commercial fishing interests think they now have problems with tariffs stemming from the simmering trade war with China, they best not look too far into the future […]
A girl on a boat
UPDATE: The Port of Anchorage says that one of its employees was at the tiller of the boat on which KTUU’s Rebecca Palsha was filming and no whales were disturbed. Port spokesman […]
Sister versus brother
One of the saddest family feuds in recent Alaska history came to an end Friday with the state Supreme Court unanimously ruling that Robert Sheldon – the son of legendary Bush pilot […]
AK hard men
Neither fans nor ceremony greeted Jay Cable and Tom Moran when they crossed the finish line of Alaska’s most formidable race earlier this month. There was only the deep satisfaction of mission […]
Kenai winds down
The beaches of Cook Inlet were quiet and the waters empty Wednesday as the return of late-run sockeye salmon to Alaska’s fabled Kenai River appeared to be coming to an end at […]
Journalism down; government up
The slow death of local news media is helping fuel the steady growth of government, according to a new study by academics at the Universities of Illinois at Chicago and Notre Dame. […]
Cow moose bull
Social media being social media, a cow moose that once sported antlers and is likely long dead had Alaska hunters fretting on Monday. Cow moose rarely grow antlers, but it is not […]
What you wish for
Conservative Alaskans seemingly gleeful about the demise of local news media perceived as leaning left appear dangerously unaware of the handout-driven landscape of journalism in these times. As reporting power across the […]
Shrinking news
UPDATE: This story has been updated to include the reported departure of high-profile KTVA commentator John Tracy. KTVA 11 news – “The Voice of Alaska” – is reportedly losing one of […]
