Alaska reality TV star and Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race musher Jessie Holmes appears to have set some sort of record this winter by killing at least four moose in defense of […]
Moose slayer
Woke killer?
What comes now to the Kingdom of Woke in the wake of Twitter’s sale to Elon Musk? As one who has long viewed Twitter as the cesspool of intelligent thought, it is […]
What matters
While Americans continue to feud over face coverings, a huge new meta-analysis is out pointing to what really drives the burden of Covid-19 in the Western world: obesity and so-called comorbidities. The […]
The ever war
The state of Alaska and the federal government appear headed toward yet another tussle over the long controversial and divisive issue of “subsistence,” but this time with a twist. Not only are […]
Killing us softly
ISSAQUAH, WASH. – Maybe the time has come to quit fretting over Covid-19 – the latest disease nature has produced to limit a human population that has been exploding since about the […]
The propagandist
The woman who filled the roll of “fisheries reporter” for Alaska’s largest newspaper for years has retired with an admission of what was obvious to fishery-educated readers a long-time ago: She was […]
Alaska’s UFO
Look, in the sky, it’s a bird; it’s a plane; it’s glowing blob of gas. Blame the Chinese. Researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in collaboration with colleagues from Harvard University […]
Not so Lucky
UPDATE: The Wasilla Police Department late Friday issued a short statement affirming that a thorough investigation of the dog attack reported here had been undertaken, and that “citations are expected to […]
Pure entertainment
In these days of make culture-war not any sort of peace, Sarah Palin, the former governor for all pit bulls, might well be the best Alaskan to fill the now vacant seat […]
Human guinea pigs
A news analysis More than a year into the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, doctors in England finally took the bold step of intentionally exposing 36 young and healthy volunteers to the virus in what […]
