UPDATE: Despite what a state website might say, a spokeswoman for the Division of Public Health says it no longer hands out safety reflectors for children. For those on foot or […]
Real Alaska killer
Seeing trail dog
Archdeacon Hudson Stuck, the man who organized the first successful ascent of North America’s tallest mountain in 1913, once observed that the best thing one man can give another in Alaska is […]
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 […]
Winter lives on
Little could Carlos Lozano know that the uncomfortable process of getting an artificial knee this April might save him a big, snowy headache. Lozano is the heart and soul of the Alaska […]
Training day
Only in Alaska will an April shopper find the cases of bear spray stacked five high a dozens aisles before the broccoli, butter and blueberries in the local Costco Wholesale warehouse. […]
Killing bears
The bears of Alaska, it is possible, are being persecuted and killed for problems they did not cause, three former biologists with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game contend […]
Little red salmon
The wolves of Southwest Alaska share something in common with the wolves of Denali, according to a new National Park Service-sponsored study, they love fish – salmon to be specific. Following on […]
Bears, bears, bears
The bears have invaded Seward, AK. One got shot in the foot. And now there is a bit of social media debate underway. The good news is that Seward Police Chief Tom […]
The killing land
Predator control in Alaska is once again in the news with the Washington Post charging the Trump administration might open national preserves to hunting “techniques many people consider extreme (such as) […]
Three bears & more
Bears, bears, bears have jammed up plans for new mountain bike trails in Anchorage’s Far North Bicentennial Park despite widespread public acceptance. Single Track Advocates, a cycle-trail building group, was doing well […]
