Coming off the warmest year in Alaska history, the state’s largest city appears headed for the fifth or sixth coldest January in the local climate record. As of Wednesday, the average monthly […]
‘Seward’s Folly’ redux
Phantom project
Behind the natural gas “window” to the fiscal promised land that former Alaska Gov. Bill Walker and his half-million-dollar, Texan hired-hand spent four years trying to sell Alaskans, it now appears there […]
The 1.5 percent
Data reveals that in fish crazy AK, most Alaskans don’t fish
Techno-boosted fish
In news that will come as no surprise to most Alaskans, an international team of researchers led by the University of Washingon’s Ray Hilborn has concluded that well-managed fisheries pose no threat […]
Hot Russia
The Russians appear to have finally come clean on their climate-change policy in a whitepaper focusing on plans for adaptation “as well as the seizing of the opportunities arising from such changes.” […]
Old man normal
The United States looked to be moving toward war with Iran this week; an Alaska judge approved a petition to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy, and what were Alaskans talking about most? The […]
Salmon kings
While Alaska was trumpeting a 2019 Alaska salmon harvest worth $657.6 million, Norwegian salmon farmers were the ones truly raking in the cash. The Norwegian Seafood Council is reporting NOK $107.3 billion […]
Icy north
The beginning of the end of the year 2019 – the warmest in Alaska history – drew to an end in the state’s largest city in the style of the new-normal weather […]
New Alaska tribes?
Already home to about 40 percent of the federally recognized Indian tribes in the United States, Alaska might soon be able to claim more. The U.S. Department of the Interior wants to […]
Intensive management
State management of wildlife on federal refuges in Alaska has survived a court challenge from the Center for Biological Diversity, which has been trying to limit the hunting and trapping of bears […]
