Update: Just after this story posted, the catch numbers for Saturday’s commercial opening were reported. There was a catch of 150,120 sockeye on the day bringing the season total to 912,069 sockeye. […]
The curtain falls
Polar bear bull
Little did wildlife biologist James Wilder understand the hype surrounding bear attacks and climate change when he agreed to serve as lead author on a scientific paper examining polar bear attacks on […]
Road trip!
can SEWARD HIGHWAY – Not much can beat a road trip across the nation’s wildest state to lift the spirits. Where Alaska rates on the overall scenery-scale is debatable, but it’s certainly […]
Bear safe
Among the safest places you can be in Alaska if charged by a bear is in a bus, car, truck or sport utility vehicle. Just ask Cody Kunau (pronounced Kun-oe […]
Home safe
Sometimes it is good to find a story with a happy ending. This is one such story. More than two weeks after disappearing into the urban jungle of Alaska’s largest city, […]
Cook your meat
Once again Alaskans are being warned about the danger of undercooked meat from animals that carry the trichinellosis roundworm. Three years ago, the problem was with a group of out-of-state hunters who enjoyed […]
Go directly to jail
The latest victim of an Alaska bear attack has been jailed. Anchorage Police identified her as 58-year-old Christine Chalp, who was in a tent jumped by a bear in Alaska’s largest […]
Zuckerberg’s fake news
Seven months ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was voicing plans to combat fake news on the social media website. And this week he’s in Alaska doing what else? Creating fake news. […]
Bear spray, yes or no?
In the wake of a bear attack in which bear spray didn’t work, in a world with animal attacks trending upward, more than a few Alaskans are pondering the effectiveness of the popular […]
Save this dog
Barbara Swenson was in tears Tuesday over an elderly dog gone lost. His name was Scruggs, and he was no ordinary dog. He had come to live with Swenson in Anchorage after […]
