This is the season of death along the Alaska coast. In rivers, creeks and streams from near the Arctic Circle to the southern tip of the Inside Passage, salmon are dying […]
Why do salmon die?
Not-so-secret secret ballot
The reason the village of Newtok in Western Alaska had no voting booths during this year’s primary election was that the booths were being held hostage in the Newtok tribal office, according to […]
Here we go again
The Alaska politician famous for presumptively winning and then unbelievably losing a U.S. Senate seat in 2010 is back in the race against an old foe. Say hello to former Republican Joe […]
On killing
This is not a manly confession to make, but I killed a caribou last week and felt bad. Or maybe bad is the wrong word. Uncomfortable would be better. Bad is what […]
Netting Alaska’s spoils
The most fought-over commodity in Cook Inlet/Craig Medred photo Fifty years ago with runs of most Cook Inlet salmon failing, every fisherman – commercial, subsistence and sport – paid the price of […]
AK’s truly biggest problem?
Grab the chips and beer and party down. Alaska could be on its way to again challenging for the title as the Fattest State in the Nation. An early decade dip in […]
Let’s make a deal
Former Alaska Attorney General Craig Richards, now an aide-on-everything to Gov. Bill Walker, Friday made a pitch to the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. to invest in the state’s economic future in the […]
Alaska’s Greatest Gift, Pt. 4
The last of four parts: Battle lines, battle plans From deck of Resolution Park on the edge of the water near the heart of Alaska’s largest city, one can look south down […]
Alaska’s greatest gift, Pt. 3
Part three of four: Carving up the pie To hear Cook Inlet commercial fishermen tell it, any “extra” salmon that escape their nets to spawn in Alaska rivers are not just their […]
Alaska’s greatest gift, Pt. 2
This is part two of a four part series: the fall and rise of Alaska fisheries. For those who came of age or arrived in Alaska after the start of the new […]
