This is the first part of a four part series : Fishing, a very special business. Forty-four years ago, average Alaskans voted one of the state’s most powerful special interest groups a […]
Alaska’s greatest gift, Pt. 1
10 ways to end “bus”madness
Enough with the bus. Yeah, you know what bus. Alaska State Troopers had to buzz in with a helicopter and rescue another Chris McCandless-bus worshipper on Thursday. This time it was some […]
Totally flummoxed
News commentary Journalism has a lot in common with intelligence gathering. Journalists take bits and pieces of information of which they never have enough and try to construct from that a narrative […]
Alaska casino coming soon?
Update: The Tlingit-Haida Central Council has issued a statement saying it has an approved, federal gaming ordinance, but denying it has any plan to build a casino in Juneau at this time. […]
The invisible voting booth
Add what appears to be at least one illegal polling place to the list of irregularities surrounding the rural Alaska vote in the 49th state’s 2016 primary election. KTOO.org, the wesbsite for […]
The missing in Alaska
A GoFundMe account has been opened for the family of Texan Brad Broach, who has joined the missing in Alaska. Three weeks ago, the 46-year-married father of three walked away from the […]
Global gas blues
With the administration of Gov. Bill Walker pushing full-speed ahead for an Alaska natural gas pipeline and the full-on export of liquified natural gas (LNG) from the Kenai Peninsula, it might be […]
Bear ‘groaned,’ and attacked
UPDATED with victim’s names With a badly mauled hiking guide in a Seattle hospital starting down a long road to recovery, a more complete picture is beginning to emerge of what at […]
The trouble in Shungnak
Voting Box With Pad Lock Commentary After the election mess in Shungnak, a small village in remote Northwest Alaska, residents of the 49th state ought to be very concerned about the performance […]
Pepper spray ends bear attack
A woman leading a hike along a salmon-filled stream in Southeast Alaska was mauled by a brown bear on Thursday, but saved by a fellow guide who used a can of pepper-spray […]
