AK’s economic mismanagement of salmon Part I of II Sixty-six years ago, the political leaders of the newly formed state of Alaska banned fish traps for the harvest of salmon in the […]
Unseen disaster
The bonanza
Who got the money? A news analysis One of the greatest Alaska stories never told centers on the multi-billion dollar bonanza that the combination of global warming and open-ocean salmon farming has […]
Deadly flights
Retired BIA director victim of risky job Ten days before Gene Peltola’s 2022 retirement from his position as Alaska director for the Bureau of Indian Affairs – where he championed the […]
The preference
Almost 50 years have passed since Alaska voters approved an amendment to the state constitution that allowed those in power to manage the state’s common property resources “subject to preferences among beneficial […]
Reality bites
Alaska squeaked back in front of California in September to regain its position as the nation’s sixth-largest oil producer, but as U.S. oil production has grown in this decade it is stunning […]
Sour sourdoughs
An old northland joke describes an Alaska sourdough as someone who has gone sour on the country but lacks the dough to pay for passage to friendlier environments to the south. And […]
Pie cutting
Alaskaland entry fee
A cash-strapped state of Alaska long looking for a way to make a buck off non-resident workers and tourists might turn its attention to France which is about to impose an “eco-tax” […]
Budget woes
As the Alaska state House and Senate prepare to sit down to reconcile budgets that take a blood-sucking mosquito bite out of state spending but nonetheless continue the dangerous and eventually doomed […]
Fair-undrum
News analysis The commendable thing about humanity is that humans, at least many of them, believe in the fundamental, philosophical ideals of equality, justice and fairness. But what happens in a complex […]
