And the foolishness of toothless regulation Fueled by good intentions, a trio of politicians in Alaska’s largest city has drafted a new ordinance to protect “vulnerable road users” that is […]
Killers on the road
The run is on
Will the beginning be the best of the season? The 49th seafood business, a self-proclaimed “cornerstone of Alaska’s economy,” has kicked off the salmon season with a healthy though less than great […]
Ukrainian fallout
Russian oil tankers taking to Northern Sea Route Coming soon to the Bering Sea near Alaska, ever more Russian oil tankers with the inherent danger of oil spills. While Alaskans talk […]
The magic solution
Calls for hatcheries to ‘save’ Yukon salmon “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and […]
Post-truth journalism
Feelings, nothing but feelings… In commenting on the dying credibility of the American mainstream media last week, Matt Taibbi, a one-time reporter for a variety of left-leaning publications and an award-winning […]
Overlooked killers
How the machines took control In science fiction stories – be they told in books, movies, or digitally – the machines are required to develop intelligence before they try to take […]
Alaska B4UDie
Land of otherworldly adventures KNIK GLACIER – Standing at the face of a 125-square-mile river of ice on Saturday, talking to public-minded businessman Mark Johnson (yes, it is possible to be […]
Lifting the curtain
Window opens for possible “Fish War’ game changer Amidst chaos comes the change if not the need to think outside the box, and thus Alaska fishery biologists today find themselves staring […]
Rest matters
Tired Iditarod dogs could be seen to look ‘exhausted’ Yet again, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has a public relations problem because people have noticed the esoteric little race across the […]
Rabbit redux
Iditarod finish controversy brewing Fifty years on from the first running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a Redington has finally won in a 2023 version of the event that […]
