Fatbikes are everywhere in Alaska and Alaska’s largest city these days. They have transformed a world where cross-country skiing once dominated human-powered, winter recreation in the great outdoors. And in the process, […]
Survival of faddest
The danger season
With darkness fast closing in, the rescue of an injured skier was underway in Turnagain Pass southeast of Anchorage late Wednesday afternoon, but it was unclear whether the injuries had occurred in […]
Global warming chill
If you were shivering in Alaska today, blame the New York Times. There is an old joke made in journalism that if you want the weather to change, just write about […]
Time to stand up
Commentary If journalists are truly concerned about “fake news” or “false news,” there is a simple solution. Call out the people doing shoddy journalism and explain why readers should be concerned as […]
Alaska snow drought
Alaska temperatures are creeping back toward normal as December arrives in the Great, Once-White North, but the snow drought that had “The Weather Channel”in March wondering if 2015-16 was “Alaska’s Weirdest Winter” appears […]
Trust no one
One of the biggest stories in the news this weekend was a Washington Post report that the Russian government was behind a lot of “fake news” in the run up to U.S. […]
Director strikes back
The director of the controversial though yet-to-be seen film “Sled Dogs” is pushing back at accusations she misled the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race into helping her film crew follow a rookie […]
#Journalism’slastdays
Commentary “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Pogo American journalism is dying, and it’s about time journalists own up to their part in this disaster. Time to peer in […]
More bad gas news
While Alaska Gov. Bill Walker and his entourage were in Japan this week riding out an earthquake in a luxury hotel that had to be kept secret for “security reasons,” hopes […]
Down, down, down
Alaska’s largest city is leading the bust as the once-booming economy of the 49th state collapses in the wake of falling global oil prices, according to new report just out from the […]
