What is it in Alaska today? With the Great White Father and his co-conspirators in the faraway capital of these UnUnited States accused of trying to destroy the Alaska way of life, […]
Dog down
Man killed in Anchorage crosswalk A dog strayed into Anchorage Midtown traffic early Tuesday and paid the price with its life. Fifty-three-year-old Evan Larson Jr. went to the dog and was hit […]
PETA is winning
The Iditarod fades to its 1973 size As diehard fans of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race celebrate the victory of an out-of-work reality TV star with a documented history of disrespect […]
The final frontier
Billions for old when new appears cheaper Residents of remote villages in rural Alaska are singing the praises of Starlink – a SpaceX satellite array that beams the internet to anywhere on […]
Livin’ the life
In Alaska, 30-year-old Taryn Williams is making what she estimates to be $10,000 to $15,000 per year more than she could in the Lower 48, on track to invest $25,000 per […]
Battle dress
“The Salmon Sisters” – an entrepreneurial pair of young women from Homer, Alaska – added a tailored version of a kangaroo-pocketed pullover or shift or what the rafting company NRS calls a […]
Alaska’s crime
Anyone who has bought into the widely reported idea that the problems of rural Alaska are rooted in a lack of law enforcement needs to take a look at a new study […]
Dirty hands
Worldwide, more than 1.5 million people per year were dying from lung infections – 60 percent of them caused by viruses – before the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 emerged earlier this year to spawn […]
Great new fear
Alaska’s Last Great Race appeared headed toward a confrontation with America’s Great New Fear as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race moved toward the Bering Sea coast on Friday. Worried about the […]
Hope’s importance
The powerful and yet subtle ways in which work influences lives is writ large in the new look some economists are taking at the dip in U.S. life expectancy. University of California, […]
