With U.S. Reality Star in Chief Donald J. Trump almost daily underlining the devaluation of honesty in these unUnited States, PBS’s Frontline is crediting, or blaming, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for […]
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Unconsidered costs
Why is it that when Americans face-off in debates about transportation infrastructure they invariably end up arguing about the wrong thing? Motorists rant about holier-than-thou, scofflaw cyclists and inattentive pedestrians that can […]
$60 million man
A jailed Wasilla businessman portrayed by Alaska’s largest newspaper as “a charming self-made millionaire and aspiring YouTube star” who dabbled in cellphone repair stores” appears now to have been one of the […]
Good-bye love
Journalism as those over 30 have known it might not be dead yet, but it is on its death bed. Anyone who has any doubts needs to get out of his or […]
BP’s gas play
BP is going big on liquified natural gas (LNG), only not in Alaska. Less than a month after the London-based petroleum giant announced it had found a way to extricate itself from […]
Gone dark
f After weeks of silence, the woman who made the phrase “Don’t Retreat, Reload” a battle cry for American politicians in a way that changed the political landscape of these times has […]
Cooked king salmon
This story was updated on July 16, 2019 An Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist on the Kuskokwim River is suggesting water temperatures got so high during the state’s July heat […]
Deadly crash
This story has been updated A highly experienced Alaska small-plane pilot and former Alaska State Trooper now working for the Alaska Region of the National Park Service died Monday along with the […]
Budget woes
As the Alaska state House and Senate prepare to sit down to reconcile budgets that take a blood-sucking mosquito bite out of state spending but nonetheless continue the dangerous and eventually doomed […]
Fish fight
The Senate Resource Committee spent hours Wednesday listening to Alaskans testify that a former member of the Board of Fisheries either brought a hint of fairness to an unfair government regulatory body […]
