AK fish farm bleeds state money The Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association may have become the Alaska leader in putting the “non” in non-profit. Having lost an average of about $1.5 million per […]
Negative profits
Revisiting the bus
The blank lines tell a story How is it that in all these years nobody ever noticed that Chris McCandless, the young man who died a tragic early death in the wilderness […]
Gone forever?
Alaska’s incredibly shrunken salmon Why is it that an Alaska Congressional delegation that almost never objects to federal dollars flowing north is in a tizzy about a National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]
Bike wars
Motorists enraged by city’s new bike lanes Of the wands that have sprouted along two streets in downtown Anchorage, one thing can be said for certain: Never has so much been made […]
1 safe, 1 dead
Rescue efforts save one, but cold kills another Update: This story has been updated to include the names of the rescued climbers as reported on the Facebook page of Alpine Club Malaysia […]
A dangerous place
Death stalking two mountaineers on Denali With the temperature near the summit of North America’s tallest mountain pushing toward 30 degrees below zero on this evening, hopes were fading for two unidentified […]
Journalism 2024
All the news that’s fit to print The big Alaska news lighting up the internet over the Memorial Day holiday came from Denali National Park and Preserve, and it was arguably good […]
News fiction
Believing things doesn’t make them true Update: A state medical examiner has now determined that Homer’s Dale Chorman died of a single blunt blow to the back of head and/or cervical […]
Falling prices
Copper River salmon prices nosedive After Alaska’s 2023 commercial salmon season from hell, the 2024 season is underway with more whimper than bang. Gone is the traditional early season show that […]
Endangered Chinook
NOAA to consider listing Alaska King Salmon In a move that could have widespread fishery implications for salmon fisheries across Alaska, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today announced that an […]
