Two bears – one grizzly, one black – were shot dead in an Anchorage suburb over the weekend, bringing to seven the number of bears killed so far this year in defense […]
The killing season
Worst time tax
Commentary No right-minded economist would tell a $5-billion per year government sitting on a surplus of more than $60 billion to impose an income tax during a recession. What they would suggest […]
The road to hell
CENTER CREEK, CHUGACH NATIONAL FOREST – Bushwhack: “To force one’s way through a forested or overgrown area where no path exists.” Synonym: Hellbashing”
Another fish fight
The Alaska Outdoor Council, the 49th state’s largest outdoor organization, says it’s mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. The problem? A decision by Alaska Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski […]
All about me
A rash of avoidable accidents on North America’s tallest mountains has national park rangers worrying that a contemporary, urban ethos might be putting people’s lives in danger. Most of the […]
The killing season
CHITINA – By late afternoon Wednesday, the winds funneling out of Wood Canyon to the south of the Chitina-McCarthy bridge were driving a Sahara-Desert-style sandstorm across the exposed sandbars off the low […]
See no news…
Commentary So when it comes to media perception in the U.S. today, which sin is worse: Fake news, slanted news, unreported news or badly inaccurate news never corrected? The latter […]
Oil spill spared fish
Almost 30 years after the oil tanker Exxon Valdez hit Bligh Reef and smeared Prince William Sound with more than 11 million gallons of Alaska crude oil, a team of state and […]
21st Century salmon
As Alaska struggles to maintain commercial productivity in its most-valuable, wild-salmon fisheries, competition in the fish market is looming on every horizon. Land-based salmon farms are popping up in odd […]
To live and die in AK
The last mule deer in Fairbanks is dead, a sad victim of civilization. To some he was an immigrant pioneering a new land. To others, he was an invasive species. “He’d been […]
