While Alaska begins the celebration leading up to the weekend kick off of the iconic Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, 64-year-old, musher Kirsten Bey is home recovering from serious injuries suffered after […]
Danger trail
Toughest Iditarod
Far from the bright lights of civilization, the fat-tired cyclists at the front of the Iditarod Trail Invitational’s human-powered race to McGrath and beyond were Tuesday slogging their way toward Rainy Pass […]
The nose knows
Add FLIR – or something resembling it – to the amazing powers of a dogs’ nose. Military members and those familiar with Alaska Search and Rescue will immediately recognize the acronym for […]
Pushothon?
As 78 stalwart souls prepare to head north along the historic Iditarod Trail today, Mother Nature looks to be organizing a truly Alaska welcome. The frigid cold that had worried some rookie […]
Running scared
Eighty-seven years ago with the country mired in the depths of the Great Depression and the warning signs of global war already on the horizon, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously told […]
Pain of change
The United Fishermen of Alaska – one of the 49th state’s most powerful political entities – is mad that commercial salmon fishermen might be losing some fishing opportunities in Cook Inlet, but […]
Trouble magnet
The frozen feet of an unnamed Italian have the deadly legacy of writer John Krakauer once more back in the news. The Italian was one of five lucky to be rescued from […]
The hunters
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game was on Monday actively moving to quash any rumors of favoritism in the award of a grizzly bear hunting permit to Donald Trump Jr., the […]
Evolution
Local journalism as most Americans have known it for most of their lives is on its death bed. Its epitaph may have been written best by an anonymous, one-time “senior business writer” […]
Who to believe?
Alaska winter 2020 is either icier than in a long time, or so short on ice the census takers can’t drive the ice roads. Public radio will tell you both. The latest […]
