The “Gold Loop Trail” especially planned for the pandemic-plagued Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race of 2021 is no more thanks to another body blow from Mother Nature. Iditarod Race Marshall Mark Nordman […]
Good-bye Gold Loop
Unleashed
UPDATE Feb. 17, 2021 The Municipality of Anchorage has now answered the request to review its records, as stipuled by state law, to try to determine where, if and to what […]
Mask the pets
Warning: Man’s best friend might now be man’s (and woman’s) newest worry. The evidence is growing that it’s not just mink that can spread SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes potentially deadly […]
How we die
Before COVID-19 changed the world as we knew it six months back, a man named Tom Rach – most likely unknown to anyone reading this – was preparing to attend his 50th […]
That time
The chilliest winter in some years has come to an end in Alaska’s largest city with April looking to be the first month since December to end with the monthly average temperature […]
The nose knows
Add FLIR – or something resembling it – to the amazing powers of a dogs’ nose. Military members and those familiar with Alaska Search and Rescue will immediately recognize the acronym for […]
Aging fast
Leave it to science to mess up that belief your 4- or 5-year-old dog is in the prime of life and should be a top-level performer for years to come. After tracking […]
For the dogs
Commentary If – as the modern Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race likes to claim – the event is “all about the dogs,” the time has come for The Last Great Race to […]
Reality check
Commentary This story was updated on Oct. 24, 2017 Can you believe a bunch of evil, animal-rights activists were sitting around in the PETA headquarters in LA in January plotting how to […]
Dead dog season
The temperature in Anchorage, Alaska hit 75 degrees on Wednesday and in the sun on the south-facing slopes of the Chugach Mountain above the city it was 80 or hotter. This was, […]
