Happiness is just steps away This being the “cabin fever” season in Alaska, those suffering with what were once called the “winter blues” might want to take note of a cheap and […]
Mood booster
Den of thieves
From the could be worse file Anchorage residents regularly reading the social media website Nextdoor could easily come to the conclusion that Alaska’s largest city is the American stronghold for porch pirates. […]
Low-value lives
Killer driver’s short jail sentence Anchorage driver Bessie Binkowski avoided homicide charges for killing 63-year-old Arthur Stepetin, Jr. in August, but she will be spending four months in jail thanks to a […]
Weather v. climate
Goodbye, Seattle of the North What a difference a few years can make in Alaska. Five years ago, the New Year’s Eve view from top of the Hotel Captain Cook in downtown […]
Double tragedy
The cost of convenience The Anchorage Police Department has finally identified the hit-and-run driver behind the wheel of a Jeep Cherokee that killed 63-year-old Arthur Stepetin Jr. on Aug. 29. After weeks […]
Not ours
But cheer up, Alaska not worst The good old days of a 49th state rich in oil revenues that boosted all kinds of community projects might be over, and the culture war […]
Crime & nonpunishment
What value in a human life? The Alaska justice system has finally made Martin J. Richards pay for killing 65-year-old Redzebije Imeri. The cost? $200. Alaska State Court records reflect that […]
Coop bears
The problem with tasty chickens With a chicken-fancying grizzly bear sow and her cubs still roaming upscale Hillside neighborhoods above Alaska’s largest city, there is an increasing social-media call for the Alaska […]
Saving lives
Easy solution for safer streets If the stories told by the many motorists who claim to have been traumatized by near misses with homeless pedestrians on Anchorage streets are true, maybe […]
Another death
Another pedestrian hit in a crosswalk The Anchorage Police Department has finally confirmed a pedestrian death in South Anchorage reported on social media two days ago. A friend of the dead woman […]
