Four times in the past 10 months, Alaska State Troopers have opened fire to defend themselves or protect others from residents of the Matanuska-Valley. The shootings have left three dead and one […]
Alaska’s death valley
More snow, oh boy!
As March shivered toward April in America’s far north with the roads coated in ice and the moose dying of starvation, the National Weather Service was warning residents of Alaska’s largest city […]
A richer Iditarod
The rumored $1 million dollar Iditarod reached Nome earlier this month. No, it wasn’t the dog sled race. It was a Chinese tour, which some along the Iditarod Trail nicknamed the […]
The places we go 2
The Alaska Railroad was reporting a temperature of 8 degrees below zero at the head of Turnagain Arm east of Anchorage at 9 a.m. on Saturday. Doug O’Harra pointed this out […]
Alaska’s dying moose
The 49th state’s long run of what some thought might be the new normal of global warming is over. The old normal is back with snow and cold, and there are indications […]
Threatened wildlife
Animal lovers across the country were up in arms Thursday over U.S. Senate approval of legislation intended to prevent the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from over-riding state authority for wildlife management […]
Who got the fish
News analysis With what passes for mainstream media in Alaska making nice in the wake of the spring meeting of the Alaska Board of Fisheries, it appears possible some board members […]
The last hurrah?
Extreme cold eats at the spirit of the human animal. On the wild, winter trails across Alaska, a long run of temperatures past 30 degrees below zero can bear down on a […]
The places we go
At mid-morning in mid-March, the temperature along the frozen, snow-covered Knik River just north of Anchorage remained in the single digits. None of the fat bikers who flocked north from Alaska’s largest […]
Liar, liar
The sun was bright in Anchorage on Friday. The bitter north wind had finally stopped blowing. And the temperature had climbed to 20 degrees. The day felt positively balmy. But it […]
