The costs of machines dictating policy Alaska State Troopers are yet again trumpeting their desire to make everyone safe by taking extra efforts to enforce the nation’s mandatory seatbelt law. “…Troopers […]
Questionable priorities
Bear attack
Anchorage witnessed its first bear attack on Sunday, but details are sketchy. Update: The Anchorage Police Department has yet to provide any details on what it described as a “bear attack” […]
A sad end
Thirty-year-old, U.S. Army paratrooper Seth Michael Plant survived a tour of duty in the war zone that was Afghanistan only to die in the far north on Tuesday when he stepped on […]
Bear battles
Despite government officials and residents of Alaska’s largest city quietly racking up more than two dozen bear kills this year, there were still a few bruins out roaming snow-covered Anchorage as Thanksgiving […]
No sacrifices
If you visit a national park in the U.S., do not abandon your hiking companion or companions to a bear to save yourself. That is the rather odd advice now being offered […]
Collateral damage?
Wildlife biologists in Alaska’s urban core are beginning to worry that a combination of the COVID-19 lock down, late-lingering snows and good intentions could be brewing a perfect storm of death for […]
Tick, tick, tick
The season for getting up close and personal with the glaciers nearest Alaska’s largest city has arrived, and some are wondering if this is the year one of them claims its first […]
All clear!
The wolverine that terrorized Alaska’s largest city appears to have disappeared and nary a moose has been known to have died. A month ago, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game issued […]
Wildlife invade
Wolverines and lynx and bears, oh my! Social media in Alaska’s largest city is alive with reports of all three. Dorothy, the Tinman and Scarecrow would be positively petrified. The local newspaper […]
Wildcat wrangler
All Kytra Petersen Workman saw through the window looking onto her deck Wednesday was furry legs, so she went to investigate. What she found was a bit of a shock: The lynx […]
