As of today – with Dr. Al Gross trailing incumbent Alaska Republic Sen. Dan Sullivan by 61,000 votes to 119,000 votes – the independent candidate needs to win about three out of […]
The optimist
Relevance
The campaign of Dr. Al Gross is spending tens of thousands of dollars – if not hundreds of thousands – to convince Alaskans that what is important for anyone representing the 49th […]
Masks and guns
If you live in Alaska, there are situations in which a firearm just might save you from being mauled or killed by a grizzly bear. With the SARS-CoV-2 virus on the loose, […]
Unkindly killing
The state of Maine has cleared a Cooke Aquaculture salmon farm of animal abuse, according to various reports, or at least the state has decided it can’t prosecute the company because its […]
Wildlife invade
Wolverines and lynx and bears, oh my! Social media in Alaska’s largest city is alive with reports of all three. Dorothy, the Tinman and Scarecrow would be positively petrified. The local newspaper […]
Battlin’ bruin
With the shooting of a young grizzly bear in Anchorage this week, the bear wars in Alaska’s largest city begin again in what has become an annual, seasonal struggle that has left […]
BIG stories
The biggest story of the week in Alaska? Well, you’ve already seen the headline and the photo above so you know, although the moose in the picture topping the story posted by […]
Caribou-boo
Why is it that reporters with a good story to tell sometimes can’t seem to avoid the pit of embellishment that makes journalism look so bad? Here’s Hillary Rosner writing in The […]
‘Terrifying’
On any typical Sunday in fall or early winter with the National Football League playing on TV sets all across the 49th state, it’s easy to be lulled into thinking Alaska is […]
Changing faces
New Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s appointments to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are rocking a state agency unaccustomed to dramatic change. Gone is affable Commissioner of Fish and Game Sam […]
