California animal-rights activists are claiming credit for inflicting another financial blow on the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals – says State Farm Insurance […]
Alaska bear fears
Two deaths in two days in two separate black bear attacks hundreds of miles apart in Alaska have left a lot of residents of the 49th state edgy and nervous about venturing […]
Bear ignored spray
Updated on June 23 to include other bear spray failures A black bear that killed a 27-year-old Anchorage woman in central Alaska on Monday appears to have hunted down the woman and […]
Size matters
Commentary Patrick “Jack” Cooper was a 16-year-old boy killed by a predatory black bear, and now some want to blame him for his own death. There is little doubt running from […]
Killer bear dead
The bear that killed 16-year-old runner Patrick “Jack” Cooper is believed to be among one of four bears the Alaska Department of Fish and Game shot and killed in the Chugach […]
Down & out in AK
Commentary Yet more trouble appears on the horizon for the already troubled business of journalism in Alaska. Rumors have been swirling for weeks that yet more downsizing is coming at the Alaska […]
Second bear fatality
Second Alaskan in two days killed by a bear
Predatory bears
Wildlife authorities in Alaska’s largest city were Monday searching for a wounded black bear believed to be involved in a deadly, Sunday attack on a 16-year-old runner. The body of Patrick Cooper […]
State of the kings
For the first time in years, king salmon are showing signs of making a stronger return to the vast wilderness surrounding Alaska’s urban heartland. While Panhandle runs continue to struggle, kings to […]
Danger city
As details emerge about a Wednesday grizzly bear attack that injured three people only about a dozen miles from downtown Anchorage, it is beginning to look like one of those chance meetings […]
