Tough Iditarod Trail
deemed “unsafe”
Last Great Race
Glacier dams Knik
A lobe of the Knik Glacier has cut off the flow of the river of the same name near Palmer, Alaska, leaving some recent visitors to the remote headwaters wondering if a […]
Ethiconomics
Ode to Abbie Hoffman’s counter-culture best seller: “Steal This Book.”
Beat the ADN
The paywall has now gone up at Alaska’s largest online news site. You can pay to gain access, or you can be a good American capitalist and use the tools available […]
Of moose and men
If a moose dies in the center of Alaska’s urban heartland…. Well, suffice to say, it’s not the same as if one of the big ungulates wanders into the Yukon River village […]
Credibility problems
Update two: It’s complicated. The moose was injured. It was later shot not once, but twice to end its suffering. It wasn’t hit by a car as the charity that butchered it […]
Death count rising
Fresh off the deadliest year in Alaska history, the 49th state’s largest city is continuing on a murderous pace that – if it continues – would rank Anchorage among the country’s top-20 […]
Iditarod frets snow
With 14 inches of snow blanketing the Iditarod Trail at Puntilla Lake on the south side of the Alaska Range and 6- to 8-inches on the ground at Rohn on the north […]
We’re No. 2!
The Alaska economy might have started a slide into recession in 2016, but the residents of 49th state managed to maintain a joyful outlook on life, according to a newly […]
Warming reprieve
For the second month in a row, Anchorage, Alaska has been left out in the cold. A record run of 14 months with temperatures above the norm ended in December and the […]
