A year ago in Alaska, the state was averaging two to 15 cases of COVID-19 per week, according to the Worldometer tracker, and many Alaskans were starting to panic over the […]
How fear dies
Forgotten tribe
Once again, an Alaska leader is in a battle with federal officialdom more than 3,000 miles away on the opposite coast of the North American continent. This time it is Gov. Mike […]
Confusion
One of President Joe Biden’s first acts in office on Wednesday was to order masks on “all persons in federal buildings or on federal lands.” Federal officials in Alaska were Thursday […]
The last Eden
Whether by accident or design – and there would appear to be a little of both in play – Alaska has become a global model for how to save the planet. The […]
Into the storm
This story has been updated to reflect new race times and the rain in Anvik The leaders in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race were into and out of the Interior village […]
Idit-a-grunt
On a comfortably warm Saturday in the urban comfort of Alaska’s largest city, the stars of the legendary Iditarod Trail staged their annual sled dog show for the cameras, the commentators, the […]
Tourists, no tourists
Almost three decades on from passage of the Alaska National Interests Lands Act (ANILCA), the bonanza and the bust of 49th-state national parks is clearly outlined in a lengthy analysis of the […]
Rohn outhouse open
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s proposed lockdown on the lone outhouse in the remote, Alaska Range outpost of Rohn has been lifted, meaning fat-tired cyclists and ultra-runners headed north in the […]
One stinky story
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has decided 70 fat-tire cyclists and runners set to hit the Iditarod Trail in February pose a risk to the outhouse outside the iconic, one-room Rohn […]
