Salmon processors too poor to pay sick leave Once the economic engine of the Alaska Territory, the commercial fishing industry in the 49th state is now in such dire straits that it […]
Big trouble
War on cars
We have met the enemy; he is us Electric-powered cars and trucks are not the clean-world panacea many Americans thought they were, researchers for the National Bureau of Economic Research have […]
Costs of aging
Falls more dangerous than firearms Older Alaskans and the families of such take notice: The bedroom, bathroom and stairs at home are statically more dangerous to health than the firearms there. That […]
Flailing fish biz
Consequences of Soviet-style economics For the 64 years since Alaska Statehood, commercial fishermen and salmon processors have dictated the management of salmon in this 49th state, and this is where the business […]
A pink flood
Hatchery tax to fund study of ocean takeover? In what might be one of the bluntest, to-the-point abstracts every to top a fisheries science paper, a pair of Canadian scientists and a […]
Dead bear day
Joyous “Fat Bear Week” turns ugly As was inevitable, Fat Bear Week – the National Park Service’s promotional effort to portray the brown/grizzly bears of Katmai National Park as big, cuddly, lovable […]
Trafficking
America’s biggest public health problem The U.S. Union of Concerned Scientists is out with a new report highlighting the costs of the country’s addiction to motor vehicles, but it misses one of […]
Surprise, surprise
California boasts U.S. vegan capital In what is likely to come as no surprise to Alaska residents, WalletHub has declared Anchorage the least “vegetarian- & vegan-friendly” city in the country. After crunching […]
Last run
Body of Iditarod chief vet found near Idaho home Update: This story has been edited to include a report Stu Nelson’s body was found Friday and that the Bonner County Sheriff’s […]
True traffic facts
Examining Anchorage’s Deadly Streets After a day spent perusing social media views on the record number of pedestrians being run down and killed by motor vehicles in Alaska’s largest city this year, […]
