Where and when the idea that safety gear in and of itself makes people safe entered the American mainstream is unclear, but it has now reached the point of a dangerous absurdity. […]
Helmets really?
Saving trees
Prepare yourself for the demise of your daily newspaper. It’s going the way of the typewriter. No, not next week. This is not a breaking new story. Your local newspaper might hang […]
Shrinking news
UPDATE: This story has been updated to include the reported departure of high-profile KTVA commentator John KTVA 11 news – “The Voice of Alaska” – is reportedly losing one of its main […]
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 […]
Yosemite Alice
Quite possibly Alice Rogoff’s flirtation with Alaska journalism was destined from the beginning to end badly, though no ever really expected a woman on a $5 million per year allowance to take […]
ADN buys time
The broad smiles flashing on the faces of the family Binkley outside a courtroom in Anchorage on Monday were reminiscent of those brightening the staff of an internet startup called AlaskaDispatch.com only […]
Newspaper hangs on
With time clicking down on a plan offered by a fifth-generation Alaska family to save the state’s largest newspaper, a gaggle of lawyers representing a small mob of creditors were back […]
L(ovely) I(-catching) Office
Anyone living anywhere near Alaska’s largest city should be all in with the state’s $32.5 million, proposed purchase of the L-Eye-Oh, officially the Legislative Information Office, in downtown Anchorage. It’s a small […]
