Off Alaska’s coast began the journey that would vault the North Pacific’s richest fisherman into an exclusive club of America’s richest citizens, but it was in Seattle that Chuck Bundrant made the […]
Richest fisherman
Civilization kills
A massive grizzly bear sow with two young cubs that had been roaming neighborhoods near Service High School on the Anchorage Hillside is dead. Officials of the Alaska Department of Fish and […]
The curtain falls
Update: Just after this story posted, the catch numbers for Saturday’s commercial opening were reported. There was a catch of 150,120 sockeye on the day bringing the season total to 912,069 sockeye. […]
Polar bear bull
Little did wildlife biologist James Wilder understand the hype surrounding bear attacks and climate change when he agreed to serve as lead author on a scientific paper examining polar bear attacks on […]
Road trip!
can SEWARD HIGHWAY – Not much can beat a road trip across the nation’s wildest state to lift the spirits. Where Alaska rates on the overall scenery-scale is debatable, but it’s certainly […]
Wilted news
Commentary Every thinking American wants quality journalism, but who defines what qualifies? The country’s media elite now think they should be the arbiter. The elite have banded together to form the News Media Alliance. It’s […]
Bear safe
Among the safest places you can be in Alaska if charged by a bear is in a bus, car, truck or sport utility vehicle. Just ask Cody Kunau (pronounced Kun-oe […]
Suffering Little Su
Update: This story has been updated and extensively rewrwitten to reflect the Little Susitna finally made escapement and to include information from a state genetics study of Chinook from Northern Cook […]
Home safe
Sometimes it is good to find a story with a happy ending. This is one such story. More than two weeks after disappearing into the urban jungle of Alaska’s largest city, […]
Cook your meat
Once again Alaskans are being warned about the danger of undercooked meat from animals that carry the trichinellosis roundworm. Three years ago, the problem was with a group of out-of-state hunters who enjoyed […]
