Alaska’s gas pipeline versus reality While delusional Alaska politicians cling to a now nearly 57-year-old fantasy of a natural gas pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to tidewater at Cook Inlet or the ice-free […]
20th Century Dreaming
Dirty bottoms
Salmon ranch waste reported piling up Update: This story was updated on April 8, 2024 to specify the more than $10.3 million the state of Alaska in fiscal year funneled to […]
Bear kills
An attack by a grizzly bear is reported to have left an Anchorage-area man dead on a primitive trail near the popular Chugach Outdoor Center about 25 miles southeast of the city […]
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 […]
Idit-a-grunt
On a comfortably warm Saturday in the urban comfort of Alaska’s largest city, the stars of the legendary Iditarod Trail staged their annual sled dog show for the cameras, the commentators, the […]
It’s the economy
Economists are forecasting Alaska could finally break out of its recession next year or may already have done so, but that doesn’t mean the economic future for the 49th state looks all that […]
State of stagnation
Famous as the state of economic boom and bust, Alaska appears to have reached something of a new, no-growth stability as its population ages in place, and its economy begins to diversify […]
Norway not
Commentary Norway’s version of the Alaska Permanent Fund hit the $1 trillion mark this week. That’s $1,000 billion, or about 16 times the $61.2 billion the state of Alaska is […]
Thank you Alice
Commentary With Alaska’s largest newspaper today bankrupt and frightfully close to the verge of disappearing forever from the scene, there are a lot of people lining up to bash owner and publisher […]
