The exodus from Alaska continues; the long-running recession lingers; and Anchorage witnessed the biggest growth in new residential construction in five years. Go figure. State Labor Department economist Neal Fried said he doesn’t […]
Headin’ south
Bad wind rising
With new, loose snow more than a foot deep in the mountains that shade Anchorage and hurricane-force winds in the forecast for Monday evening, Alaska’s largest city appeared poised to be clobbered […]
Old normal
While most of the United States was this year zigging into the fourth warmest November in recorded history, Alaska – or at least the most populated part of it – was […]
How fears die
With a range from the tropics to the poles both north and south, and an ever-growing population, homo sapiens have demonstrated themselves the most adaptable, four-limbed species on planet Earth, and the […]
Roadkill
A decades old mystery as to what is killing coho salmon returning to streams in the cities of the Pacific Northwest appears to have been solved, and motor vehicles, or more specifically […]
Saved by truck
An Anchorage man who reported intentionally running his truck into a moose is being praised as a hero by his neighbors on social media. They have good reason if the story told […]
Hormonal dangers
UPDATE: Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz has resigned. He issued a statement citing “unacceptable personal conduct” as the reason. The nature of that conduct remains undefined. While Duane Ose, the 78-year-old […]
Temperate AK
Here we go again. Snows looks to be coming early to Siberia, so those living in Alaska’s urban core might want to prepare for another wet, windy winter. If environmental scientist Judah […]
Bears attack
No one will ever know how Daniel Schilling met his demise in the Kenai Mountains above the long-abandoned mining community of Sunrise this summer, but many will long wonder given that two […]
The divide
Alaska officials are suing the federal government to protect a majority of hunters from a minority of hunters in the state with the whackiest public lands issues in the country. The minority […]
