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,…
When it’s this cold, every little critter out there needs every calorie it can get. But how it gets them, that’s another story, and it doesn’t always end well. So here’s a sad lesson: Don’t feed wildlife. Oh, birds are…
We are only days away from the winter solstice. Sunrise on Monday morning here at our homestead will be at 10:16 AM. Sunset, at 3:39 PM. That’s five hours and 37 minutes of full daylight. But we’ll be headed back to…
People need heroes. We need people to admire, people whose feats give us hope and a measure of confidence for our future. Yesterday was Pearl Harbor Day, where we remember the heroes of the day that will live in…
Two stories about Alaskan energy and mineral wealth in one day? The nations' cup runneth over with all the winning, where the Great Land's national treasure chest is concerned. …
One of the things the Great Land is best known for is the fishing. Salmon, trout, grayling, and in the ocean, rockfish, cod, and halibut. Halibut is my favorite fish to eat, a clean, white, delicious fish. When we go…
We’re really getting into that winter thing up here. This Monday morning, sunrise was at 9:25 AM. The sun will set at 4:05 PM. But we’re less than a month now until the winter solstice, and that’s a day to celebrate,…
Alaska Attorney General Stephen J. Cox called out an Alaska school district for rebelling against the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, stating that it "does not endorse the materials or…
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