Polar bears are remarkable critters. They are a circumpolar species, found all over the Arctic, from Scandinavia to Russia to Alaska to Canada and thence to Greenland. They are the largest bear extant, and the only…
The winter Olympics are coming up… somewhere. I’m not a big fan of the Olympics, ever since I found out what a short shrift they give the shooting sports, every time. But that doesn’t mean I don’t understand what a big…
Lots of folks, when you think “Alaska wildlife,” think of the big, charismatic critters: Bears, moose, wolves, caribou, and muskox. You know, those beautiful Ice Age holdovers. But we have a lot of other wildlife, too,…
Well, the Democrats are getting plenty excited, again, about winning the U.S. Senate in 2026. So, once again, I feel the need to tamp down their delight. I agree that Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and his lieutenants have…
Alaska is, as I've been saying and writing for some time now, America's treasure chest. Until recently - oh, until January, 2025, in fact - the federal government has insisted on treating the Great Land like…
Last fall, President Trump authorized Alaska's Ambler Mining Road, which would run from the Dalton Highway near Wiseman to the Ambler Mining district, a distance of about 150 miles. The purpose is to allow for…
On Monday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced $50 billion in grants to all 50 U.S. states to be used for the sole goal of transforming health care in rural America. As the White House…
Alaska’s a pretty military-heavy state, and that’s appropriate. It’s in a strategic location, at the top of the Pacific, and it’s the United State’s foothold on the Arctic, which will only become a more vital area in…
Got those stockings hung by the chimney with care? Cookies and milk left out for a certain jolly old elf? It's (he writes, belaboring the obvious) Christmas Eve as I write these words, and kids the world over are…
My wife and I have a backhanded brag we like to trot out from time to time, about our home: For most people, Alaska is a once- or twice-in-a-lifetime vacation. We live here. However,…
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