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 […]
Alaska’s dying moose
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 […]
Is harder safer?
An Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race that moved north of the Alaska Range for a Fairbanks restart this year because of bad trail was clearly kinder to mushers, but with three dogs […]
Iditarod struggles
On a faster, easier race course in what constitutes mild weather by Alaska standards, yet another dog has died in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The latest death brings to five […]
Iditarod dog death 4
Updated: Mitch Seavey expected in Nome before 4 p.m. Bad news just kept coming for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday even as it prepared to crown another champion. As […]
Alaska invasion
The tiny town of Skagway at the northern end of the Alaska Panhandle remains ground zero for 49th state tourism, according to the latest data out from the National Park Service. Close […]
