Despite The Nation magazine this month suggesting Alaska salmon in peril, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game says consumers need not worry about eating wild-caught fish from the 49th state. Salmon […]
Doomsday
Fallen ranger
A simple slip, a fall and a 25-year-old man whose future was waiting for him is dead in Alaska. Alaska State Troopers say Danny Dresher, once a seasonal ranger at Lake Clark […]
Coming soon
The little noticed public transportation system in Alaska’s largest city appears on the verge of getting more attention than the managers of People Mover ever imagined. Think of a mobile version of […]
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 […]
California imports
A recent immigrant to Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula has been sentenced to nine months in jail and ordered to pay more than $100,000 in fines in connection with a September moose shooting spree, […]
Napkin in court
Part two of two On one issue, the legally dueling former editor of the state’s largest news organization and its ex-owner are in total agreement: In those halcyon days of early 2014 when […]
AK leads way to #1!
The annual report from the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission is out and the United States, led by Alaska, is the 2017 world leader in hatchery-salmon ranching. Almost 1.9 billion immature salmon […]
A new season
The green, green grass of October is marking the development of a Brave New Season for the residents of Alaska’s urban core. In a land that usually transitions rapidly from summer […]
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 […]
Who’s your doc?
A year-long investigation by the website MedPage Today and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel into how well states police physicians is out, and Alaska didn’t score well. “States of Disgrace: A Flawed System […]
