The first day of September came and went with nary a peep out of the office of Alaska Gov. Bill Walker as to the fate of his beloved Alaska natural gas […]
No gas guv
The fallacy
Commentary The Alaska Dispatch News, the 49th state’s largest newspaper and most-visited online news site, is teetering on the edge of financial collapse, and some on the right in one of the […]
Endless fish fight
Commercial salmon gillnetters were back at work in Cook Inlet on Wednesday as state fishery managers tried to stem the flow of sockeye salmon into the Kenai River in keeping with the […]
Of bears & humans
While the kindly Canadians of Canmore, Alberta were in July pondering what to do with Bear 148 – the grizzly who likes people too much – the practical citizens of Anchorage, Alaska […]
Bring in the feds
In the 49th state of the United States, home to legions of politicians who have complained for decades about what they call “federal over-reach,” Gov. Bill Walker has been slowly but steadily […]
Coming in 2017
Most journalists like to end the year looking back because, well, it’s easy: Cobble together some old stories; throw them online; and go drink. At craigmedred.news, however, we don’t like […]
Taxing questions
Alaska is the only state in the union that offers a cash reward for being a resident. Some need that money badly. Some need it about as much as the average American […]
Cold, dark and dying
December in Alaska is always a grim time of year buoyed only temporarily by holiday cheer. The shortening of the days is impossible to avoid. Nine-to-5ers can go from home to […]
More bad gas news
While Alaska Gov. Bill Walker and his entourage were in Japan this week riding out an earthquake in a luxury hotel that had to be kept secret for “security reasons,” hopes […]
Down, down, down
Alaska’s largest city is leading the bust as the once-booming economy of the 49th state collapses in the wake of falling global oil prices, according to new report just out from the […]
