Thank you, Canada. Luckily for Alaskans, the Canadians, who are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on hatcheries to try to rebuild their failing Chinook stocks, appear not to have noticed and ...

What exactly is the "spirit of the Iditarod'' in these times? This is a question that has been begging to be asked since the Iditarod Trail Committee earlier this week announced that Norwegian ...

Anchorage's growing problem Ya got trouble, my friends, right here in Anchor Town. And that starts with a "T'' and that rhymes with "B" and that stands for birds! Chickens, namely. Backyard chickens.

Craig Medred is an independent Alaska journalist with over 35 years of professional experience as a reporter, writer & staff editor. This is his news site.

Craig Medred is an independent Alaska journalist with over 35 years of professional experience as a reporter, writer & staff editor. This is his news site.

A withering Iditarod faces an unknown future. Part one of a series. Forty years ago, a young Athabascan dog driver named Howard Albert from the village of Ruby on the Yukon River sat beside a campfire ...

Alaska inattentiveness blamed in billionaire's death The once richest man in the Czech Republic did not die because of a helicopter crash in the Chugach Mountains just north of Alaska's largest city ...

A former BP oilfield engineer who thought he could seize control of much of Anchorage's upper Potter Valley by buying an old homestead and then blocking off a historic road has been rebuffed by an ...

The benefits and the cost Twenty-five-years ago economist Steve Colt wrote an "economic history" of "Salmon Fish Traps in Alaska" that ended with this line: "It may be time for Alaskans to reconsider ...

Who fuels Iditarod behavior? The greatest threat facing the survival of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race today is not the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA); the ...

The coming year marks the 30th anniversary of the state of Alaska’s attempt to control world salmon markets by banning fish farming in the 49th state. ASMI once promoted the idea that Alaska wild ...

Worst salmon season in 20 years The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has finally released its summary of the 2024 commercial salmon fishing season in the 49th state, and the only good news is that ...