Most Alaska moose and caribou hunters headed for the Nelchina Basin next month best start honing their map reading skills, invest in a good GPS or maybe both given new federal hunting […]
Locals only
Tech nearly kills
A New York man rescued after a week in the Alaska wilderness in 2016 is now blaming the whole affair on his sat phone and suing Globalstar, the company that runs the […]
Danger land
Once again the dangerous tourist season in the north is underway with six people dead in a floatplane collision at the southern end of the Alaska Panhandle and an injured snowboarder rescued […]
The last colony
News Analysis The United Fishermen of Alaska (UFA) has issued its annual report on who got the fish of the 49th state, and the winner is? Outside fishing interests. Of the 6.4 […]
Dying watchdogs
News analysis The new Alaska jobs forecast from the state Department of Labor is out, and it clearly points to steady growth in government spending despite a forecast for fewer state jobs. […]
April Fool’s?
SEATTLE – Inside the REI mothership here on Easter Sunday, all one could do was wonder whatever happened to the big boycott. A month ago, REI – one of the mega players […]
News lives for now
Anchorage’s paper boys and motor carriers will roll for at least another week or two. After a twisted, tangled, three-hour journey through the finances of the near-broke Alaska Dispatch News, federal […]
