UPDATED: This story was revised on May 17, 2016 to include a short bio of the new publisher of the Frontiersman. In a state where people sometimes seem increasingly intolerant of views […]
Another one bites the dust
Do not inhale
Puffy, itchy eyes; sinus headaches and a general sense of malaise hit many in Alaska’s largest city on Saturday as the dark side of global warming showed its face in a spring […]
Global warming’s good side
The swallows and robins were beginning to nest in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday. The temperature hit 71 degrees, tying the all-time record high. And Friday May 13 appeared to be headed straight […]
Withering Alaska news?
The statewide news you get in Alaska – particularly hourly radio updates – might be about to take a hit. How big a hit? No one knows. How important a hit? […]
Endangered dreams
The fate of a bucket-list trip of a lifetime for a 70-year-old Californian who long ago served his country while stationed at Fort Richardson outside of Anchorage now rests in the hands […]
ADN Purchase details
Updated Monday May 9, 2016 – Hopfinger sold Dispatch Publishing shares Given the interest generated by Alaska’s major news operation — ADN.com — suing the state’s formerly major news operation — ADN.com […]
The Trail Blazer
The time has come to give Alaskan Sarah Palin her due for putting the lie to an old adage often misattributed to Mark Twain, but once adhered to as if the country’s […]
New ADN sues old ADN
Two years after buying the Anchorage Daily News for $34 million, Alice Rogoff — wife of financier and philanthropist David Rubenstein — is suing the California newspaper chain that made the sale […]
The dying Kenai kings
UPDATED – May 20, 2016 Seven out of every 11 Kenai River late-run king salmon killed last year died in gillnets as what was once the most valuable sport fishery in Alaska […]
The Iditarod’s miracle dog
This is the story of Zeke, the little husky who rose from his death-bed to run the 2016 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. That’s his photo above. If you have a soft […]
