Thirty-year-old, U.S. Army paratrooper Seth Michael Plant survived a tour of duty in the war zone that was Afghanistan only to die in the far north on Tuesday when he stepped on […]
A sad end
And they’re off
Alaska’s biggest reality show staged its first episode on the streets and trails of the state’s largest city as the snow fell heavy on Saturday. The ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail […]
Springtime in Alaska
The temperature in Alaska’s largest city officially hit 42 degrees – four degrees shy of a record – on Tuesday as the seemingly “new normal” of the 2010s – abandoned in 2021 […]
It’s cold outside
What five years ago was looking to be Anchorage’s shift to a warmer, friendlier, “new normal” climate officially ended in 2021 with a year about as normal as normal can be in […]
COVIDaziness
Just when you think the news on COVID-19 can’t get much crazier, there comes this from the Chinese media: “Great clue! Suspicious US seafood received at Huanan Seafood Market before the outbreak.” Forget the bats, […]
Old becomes new
PLACER RIVER – The wind blew hard and cold from the north on Tuesday, and the new normal urban Alaska has come to expect seemed a long time gone. The snow was […]
Hello neighbor
Alaska’s governor and Legislature are messing with the state’s beloved Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD); pandemic COVID-19 infections are “down” to a seven-day moving average about double the infection rate of a […]
Dangerous love
Loving Alaska’s wildlife too much has nearly cost a Nikiski woman her life. According to Alaska State Troopers, 51-year-old Crystal Cook was trying to reunite a newborn moose calf and its mother […]
(C)old Alaska
Global warming was out as April rolled into the far north. The bad cold days were back. And humankind was struggling to adapt. Along the Bering Sea in Northwest Alaska, the Kobuk […]
Forgotten tribe
Once again, an Alaska leader is in a battle with federal officialdom more than 3,000 miles away on the opposite coast of the North American continent. This time it is Gov. Mike […]
