Iditarod races hit Ruby The winter, crossroad community of Ruby, Alaska – where the Iditarod Trail meets the frozen Yukon River was a busy place today with Norway’s dynamic, dog-driving […]
Yukon convergence
Big homeless ruling
Is there hope for Anchorage? Having become the Portland of the North, or worse, what will Anchorage do now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the homeless can be prevented […]
Two-legged stool
Tourism rebounding as fish fade If federal economists are to be believed, a resurgent tourism industry in the state’s national parks might make the tourist hordes more valuable than the state’s […]
(S)he is us
Alaskans crowd popular recreation sites Stealing a page from the playbook of radio-tracking wildlife biologists, the Alaska Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation four years ago began tracking people roaming the […]
Confusion
One of President Joe Biden’s first acts in office on Wednesday was to order masks on “all persons in federal buildings or on federal lands.” Federal officials in Alaska were Thursday […]
Fear fear
About 2.8 million people per year die in the United States from heart disease, cancer, injuries and various other illnesses, according to the data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control […]
Road futures
The director of Alaska’s largest outdoor group has labeled the first major road proposed in the state in decades the potential beginning of “a wilderness gated community” near the southern edge of […]
Alaska crossroads
From Kokhanok on Iliamna Lake in the heart of the land of opposition to Alaska’s Pebble Mine, 58-year-old Gary Nielsen has a unique perspective on the simmering war over salmon habitat that […]
Ever larger us
If you are sitting at your computer reading this, you might be doing as much to damage your health as if you’d just lit a cigarette. But you probably already knew that. […]
Unhealthy parks
Alaska may be the last bastion of heart-healthy national parks, according to a study out this week warning that visiting a national park in the Lower 48 states could be bad for […]
