Alaska’s strange election season of 2016 got even stranger on Friday with the website Must Read Alaska reporting a state Senate candidate might have vaulted onto the November ballot despite his failure […]
New election mess?
The broken marriage
Commentary At some point someone has to ask what went wrong with what was once a symbiotic relationship between Alaska and Big Oil. Was it the creation of the oil-fueled Permanent Fund […]
Bear steals lunch
Young Seward resident injured in encounter This much is known for certain about a Wednesday close encounter between 18-year-old Seward, Alaska resident Kyle Hubbard and a black bear: Hubbard has a broken […]
Pressing changes
Regime shift, building sale; same old alt-weekly BY MATT TUNSETH For craigmedred.news The new boss at the Anchorage Press says readers shouldn’t notice much difference on the pages of the paper despite the looming […]
New AK bear attacks
UPDATED NOV. 4 – Authorities in Soldotna are now admitting they’re skeptical of a report of a bear mauling near the confluence of the Kenai and Funny rivers earlier this week. A […]
Iditarod nightmare
Trailer for Iditarod-critical movie now on YouTube A rumored take-down documentary on the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race hasn’t hit the big screen yet, but the trailer is out and the […]
Green Halloween
The Anchorage Hillside temperature at 7 p.m. on Halloween was 47 degrees, two degrees down from a daily high that fell just a degree short of the record for the date. Halloween’s […]
The bear fighter
When the grizzly bear came barreling out of the dark to grab Ronn Hemstock by the shoulder, lift him wholly off the ground, and shake him like a golden retriever playing with […]
Iditarod non-cheats
Commentary Hard to believe, but the most honest people in American sport are all a dither about fears modern-day communications might lead to cheating in Alaska’s most famous sports competition. Yes, we’re […]
Bear maulings peak
The big, brown bears of coastal Alaska have yet to enter hibernation, but already the 49th state appears to have tied the previous annual record for bear maulings. A Thursday attack in […]
