On the day the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the United Nations publicly revealed its special report warning of an impending global-warming catastrophe, the daily temperature in Alaska’s largest city […]
Doomsday warming?
Rogoff settles
This is a developing story. One of the richest men in the United States – David Rubenstein – is buying his ex-wife out of the wreckage of the would-be newspaper […]
State of stagnation
Famous as the state of economic boom and bust, Alaska appears to have reached something of a new, no-growth stability as its population ages in place, and its economy begins to diversify […]
Journalism down; government up
The slow death of local news media is helping fuel the steady growth of government, according to a new study by academics at the Universities of Illinois at Chicago and Notre Dame. […]
Queen of Chutzpah
In the spirit of the election season, it’s time to celebrate Democrat Carol “Kitty” Hafner, the former flight attendant, National Education Association member and self-proclaimed ‘biotechnology industry professional” now hoping to win […]
Land of the brave
From south to north, the dynamism that makes Alaska such an interesting place to live was on display over the weekend. First it was Bear Glacier Lagoon, a huge glacial lake […]
“I believe”
Once upon a time in America, the information business was more like science than religion. No matter whether writers were in public relations or journalism, accuracy was judged on evidence not mere […]
Bears, bears, bears
UPDATE – This story was edited from the original to include the latest bear kill numbers in the greater Anchorage area. On the day the residents of Seward started fretting over how […]
When in Alaska….
The Anchorage Police Department is reporting a tourist visiting the 49th state from the Midwest picked up a female companion in the state’s largest city and ended up paying, with a $40,000 […]
Salmon Trumped
China might have decided against imposing tariffs on Alaska salmon off which Chinese businesses make an estimated $1.5 billion, but the Trump administration has taken a different view. As part of President […]
