The man who survived the bear obsession In an illustration of how fleeting fame in these days of internet immediacy, bear man Charles E. “Charlie” Vandergaw died almost unnoticed in Anchorage last […]
Goodby Charlie
Best of times
PLACER RIVER WETLANDS – Strange are the passions that survive the passing of the years. The weather here on Sunday was Alaska at her best worst, a 33-degree, north wind sometimes gusting […]
Find the money
The Alaska Dispatch News/ADN.com – once the state’s dominant news source – might be bankrupt and gone, but the story of the rise and fall of millionaire news baroness Alice Rogoff appears […]
What did the governor buy?
Two months before it was first publicly revealed that Washington, D.C. lobbyist Jack Ferguson, a former aide to Sen. Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young, had been hired by Gov. Bill Walker to […]
Free tickets south!
Anyone who thinks Alaska’s current population of almost 800,000 people too big should be all down with Gov. Bill Walker’s plan to reintroduce the income tax, according to Forbes magazine.
Alaska’s biggest problem
Trust is a precious commodity. Once lost, it is difficult, often impossible, to regain. Friendships, marriages and business partnerships die when trust disappears. Many among the 40 to 50 percent of Americans […]
