Competition for cheap protein Russia looks to have once again beaten Alaska in the annual battle to produce the maximum volume of the lowest-value salmon in the Pacific Ocean, and this despite […]
Russia wins
Losers vs winners
King salmon going down as pinks go up An eight- to nine-fold increase in Prince William Sound pink salmon now credited to the open-ocean farming of the North Pacific Ocean has […]
Toughest Iditarod
Far from the bright lights of civilization, the fat-tired cyclists at the front of the Iditarod Trail Invitational’s human-powered race to McGrath and beyond were Tuesday slogging their way toward Rainy Pass […]
Who to believe?
Alaska winter 2020 is either icier than in a long time, or so short on ice the census takers can’t drive the ice roads. Public radio will tell you both. The latest […]
Cooked king salmon
This story was updated on July 16, 2019 An Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist on the Kuskokwim River is suggesting water temperatures got so high during the state’s July heat […]
Into the storm
This story has been updated to reflect new race times and the rain in Anvik The leaders in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race were into and out of the Interior village […]
No it didn’t
Forty-one years ago, a now defunct newspaper – the Anchorage Times – declared the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was created to “commemorate the historic trip made by 25 mushers to deliver […]
Mind power
As is usually the case, the remote Yentna Station Roadhouse just off the Alaska road system was warm and inviting on Sunday night. Out on the frozen river, however, the temperature was dropping past […]
Stony River murder
This story was update from the original on May 9 Rapist Deacon Evan from the tiny Alaska village of Stony River spent most of the last 19 years in the care of […]
Salmon kill salmon?
The mystery surrounding the shrinking size and number of Alaska king salmon might be as simple as this: The biggest, most highly prized salmon in the north simply can’t compete with the […]
