JEAN LAKE – Another big fire of the type many have been expecting since spruce-bark beetles devasted Southcentral Alaska forests in the 1990s has swept across the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge […]
The thin man
KENAI – The ever-thinner chief executive of the state of Alaska is not sick, his chief spokesman said today, he’s simply exercising an interest in health and fitness. “Standing Tall for Alaska” […]
Casino rising?
In an effort to bring casino-style gambling to the outskirts of Alaska’s largest city, the Native Village of Eklutna is suing the Department of the Interior, and the state of Alaska can’t […]
Big day
Commercial salmon seiners in Alaska’s Prince William Sound were back at it Saturday with hopes that Thursday’s bonanza of nearly 3 million pink salmon marked the start of a predicted monster run […]
Be afraid
A new study is out from the Alaska Section of Epidemiology underlining just how tiny the risk of being attacked by a bear in the 49th state. It’s almost certain to add to […]
Wanton waste?
A YouTube video of a kayaker paddling over a seabed buried in the carcasses of dead, unspawned pink salmon has the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association apologizing for a humpy massacre […]
Lost at sea?
Commercial salmon seiners in Alaska’s Prince William Sound looked to have hit the jackpot on Thursday with a six-hour fishery opening netting an estimated 2.1 million pink salmon, according to the Alaska […]
Bearanoia victim
Since 26-year-old Angel Heaton shot herself in the hip with the .40-caliber handgun intended to save her from bears, she’s pretty much become the poster child for the worst that can go […]
Humpies gone
Concern is edging toward panic for commercial salmon seiners in Alaska’s Prince William Sound where an expected big return of pink salmon has gone missing. The Alaska Department of Fish and […]
Down, down, down
Last week commercial fishermen from Cook Inlet were in court arguing the Alaska Department of Fish and Game had unfairly cut their fishing time to protect a struggling run of world-famous Kenai […]
