After the recent primary defeats of two long-term Republicans (I am still refusing to call Arlen Specter a Democrat), and considering the interesting and tumultuous political times in which we live, the question arises -who’s next?  Any other political heads on the chopping block this season?  Politico asked this question back at the beginning of [...]

On July 28, a C-17 crashed in the woods outside of Anchorage, killing all four on board. Monday, a service was held in Anchorage with thousands in attendance to honor the four men – Major Aaron Malone, 36 Major Michael Freyholtz, 34 Captain Jeffrey Hill, 31 Sr. Master Sargeant Thomas Cicardo, 47 A huge American [...]

When driving in the rain is getting tiresome, try to follow a politically misguided neighbor. I haven’t seen many Mark Begich stickers, pro or con. This was a first. I’m pretty sure this guy didn’t vote for Mark after seeing the other side of his bumper and a grammar check. I’d like a sticker that [...]

@AKBirder caught a plane with Republican Representative and Lieutenant Governor candidate Jay Ramras Saturday night. Lucky Girl! Earlier tonight on the Twitter, she posted her account. Tweet 1: Had an interesting flight home last night. AK Rep Jay Ramras tried his best to be removed from the flight before pushback…cont Oh, really?! Wait! Popcorn please! [...]

By Jason Leopold -  Investigative Reporter,  Truthout Jason will be a guest on today’s Shannyn Moore Show. Stream here. Alyeska Pipeline, the BP-led consortium that operates the 800-mile Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), has implemented deep budget cuts, deferred work on a number of important maintenance and upgrade projects, failed to study how relocating engineers [...]

Never have the mudflats been quite so lyrical! This is from Bill Nye – The Science Guy. Enjoy!

Pebble Mine is a Trojan Horse from Renewable Resources Coalition on Vimeo. Here is a great video from Renewable Resources Coalition about the proposed Pebble Mine project that is threatening the largest wild salmon fishery on Earth, and some of Alaska’s most important pristine wilderness. When people think of environmental issues in Alaska, they tend [...]

Without Vision a City Dies – The Campbell Creek Estuary Story By Dianne Holmes In the 1890s, Tanana was a bustling town with a military post that was destined to be the center of commerce for interior Alaska—forever—according to a newspaper article of that era. That was a good bet then, given that Tanana was [...]

Guess what!  We’ve just had a whole herd of trolls amble into our back room!  I haven’t seen so much excitement back there in a while.  Apparently they all followed the trail from the Christian Science Monitor that linked here a couple days ago.  There were so many to pick from, it was a difficult [...]