Did trawlers cause AK salmon disaster? A news analysis Almost 18 million pink salmon, along with 13 million sockeye and smaller numbers of chum and coho salmon, went missing in Alaska this […]
The bogeyman
Dark politics
Fairy tales and blindness The great dream of ranked-choice voting in Alaska was that voters wouldn’t “need to worry about ‘spoilers,’ or feel forced to vote for the lesser of two evils.” […]
The big lie
Outside help AK Dems don’t need What, in God’s name, are Democrats thinking in trying to tie Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, to trawler bycatch that has absolutely nothing to do with the […]
High crimes
And Permanent Fund misdemeanors Alaska Democrats are upset that Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, followed the lead of the Alaska Permanent Fund and invested in a highly successful salmon farming business. They should […]
Winners & losers
Yukon king salmon rebound beginning? After a couple of years with cooler waters in the Bering Sea, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is reporting a Yukon River return of Chinook […]
Name games
Dan versus Dan Alaska has a damn Dan problem. Or, maybe more accurately, a Dan Sullivans problem. The state’s Director of Elections on Monday ruled that one of these Sullivans, a neophyte […]
Way of life
What is it in Alaska today? With the Great White Father and his co-conspirators in the faraway capital of these UnUnited States accused of trying to destroy the Alaska way of life, […]
Journalism 2024
All the news that’s fit to print The big Alaska news lighting up the internet over the Memorial Day holiday came from Denali National Park and Preserve, and it was arguably good […]
The optimist
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 […]
Bear doctoring
What killing a bruin has to do with getting things done for your state in the U.S. Senate is hard to say, but candidate Dr. Al Gross is campaigning as “Bear Doctor” […]
