A significant drop in Pacific Ocean salmon harvests last year is driving new questions as to whether the ocean has reached its salmon carrying capacity. The discussion comes at a time when […]
Deteriorating pastures?
Hello neighbor
Alaska’s governor and Legislature are messing with the state’s beloved Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD); pandemic COVID-19 infections are “down” to a seven-day moving average about double the infection rate of a […]
Going up
After more than two weeks on the beach, Cordova commercial fisherman are finally going to get another shot at a building run of Copper River salmon as what started out looking […]
Tourism climbing
More than a year after the global pandemic throttled Alsaka’s largest industry, there are indications that far north tourism is on the comeback trail. Transits buses to the Eielson Visitor Center […]
Rescue me
In the wake of what is being billed as the largest mountain rescue in Alaska history, it is hard to avoid pondering what the late and legendary Bradford Washburn might think. Washburn […]
How fear dies
A year ago in Alaska, the state was averaging two to 15 cases of COVID-19 per week, according to the Worldometer tracker, and many Alaskans were starting to panic over the […]
No fish
SUNDAY UPDATE: The Copper River sockeye return looks to have gone from bad to worse. Even with the commercial fishery closed since last Monday and high tides pushing fish […]
Old dangers return
With the pandemic waning and travel resuming, people are back to suffering and dying the old-fashioned way in Alaska. Already it has been a tough year in Denali National Park and […]
Unvaxxed guv
More than a month after offering tourists free COVID-19 vaccine if they took an Alaska vax-ation, the governor of the nation’s largest state himself remains unvaccinated. Asked why on Thursday, Corey Allen […]
Dangerous love
Loving Alaska’s wildlife too much has nearly cost a Nikiski woman her life. According to Alaska State Troopers, 51-year-old Crystal Cook was trying to reunite a newborn moose calf and its mother […]
