When bears become ‘friends’ Take it from Ann Bryant, executive director of the Tahoe, Calif., Bear League, bears don’t kill people because “we’ve never had a bear kill anybody.” This is what she […]
Big problems
A bad look
Anchorage has become an unmentionable The data-crunching website Wallet Hub is out with its list of “Best Summer Travel Destinations (2025)” and guess what, the 76th largest city in the country […]
Fading fish
Feds sued to protect king salmon With the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in chaos amid a Trump administration reorganization, the Wild Fish Conservancy has decided it is time to […]
Good or not so?
Nobody yet knows After decades of ignoring the problem of deadly Chinook salmon bycatch in the Cook Inlet set gillnet fishery, commercial fishermen are now pushing for a whole-scale shift to seemingly […]
Agenda blinded
Why reporting is now so lame The truly sad thing about American journalism these days is the agenda-driven, narrow-mindedness that prevents reporters from seeing and reporting the complexities and the ironies of […]
Goodby Charlie
The man who survived the bear obsession In an illustration of how fleeting fame in these days of internet immediacy, bear man Charles E. “Charlie” Vandergaw died almost unnoticed in Anchorage last […]
Stayin’ Alive
The ironclad case for self-medication With the deadliest pandemic of these times now fading into the rearview mirror, the time has come to consider the biggest element of the story missed by […]
Reality bites
Alaska’s struggling salmon business While the North Pacific Ocean appears to have hit peak salmon – possibly to the detriment of the most prized and valued of salmon species – the […]
Zoom Zombie
The ‘accident’ just waiting to happen The highway as home studio If you have any questions about why American roads have become increasingly dangerous, let ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit and […]
Palin reloads
Takes 2nd shot at New York Times Long out of the national public spotlight, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is back in it as she heads to court in New York City […]
