A complicated and sometimes contentious Copper River salmon season is coming to an end with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game seemingly in position to declare mission accomplished. State fishery managers […]
Dangerous waters
This story has been updated As summer turned to fall, the Kenai River finally gave up the body of avid angler Phillip “Kurt” Keltner who disappeared after a boating accident in early […]
Who apologizes?
Before the verdict was in, the media – or at least some among the media – pretty much tried landlord Jack Hughes for the tragic death of five young girls and […]
Norway not
Commentary Norway’s version of the Alaska Permanent Fund hit the $1 trillion mark this week. That’s $1,000 billion, or about 16 times the $61.2 billion the state of Alaska is […]
Blowin’ in wind
Commentary What happens if a weather disaster strikes, and there’s no one around to tell the world about it? Does it then cease to be an official disaster? You might get that […]
Yosemite Alice
Quite possibly Alice Rogoff’s flirtation with Alaska journalism was destined from the beginning to end badly, though no ever really expected a woman on a $5 million per year allowance to take […]
Binkleys buy ADN
At the end, the woman who long professed a desire to change Alaska journalism for the better cut a pathetic figure as she scurried away from the federal Bankruptcy Court in downtown […]
Going, going, going…
As the clock ticks toward a 9:30 a.m. bankruptcy hearing that could today decide the fate of Alaska’s largest news organization, confusion reigns. An Unsecured Creditors Committee (UCC) has asked federal Bankruptcy […]
Road to court
What the opponents of a controversial state road settlement thought they couldn’t accomplish, Ahtna Inc. has done. The regional Alaska Native corporation for East Central Alaska has decided it wants to go […]
Double the danger
TURNAGAIN ARM – As if the danger of pedestrians being hit by speeding cars on the busy Seward Highway wasn’t enough, the Alaska Department of Transportation says that what has come to […]