by Linda Kellen Biegel My husband and I are big users of Google Maps on our iPhones anytime we go somewhere new. I’m especially fond of clicking on the “little man” and getting the “street view” of the area we are checking, if it’s available. It can be quite useful, actually, if one is researching/investigating [...]

By AlaskaPi Parent corporation Calista is closing and liquidating  their Alaska Newpapers, Inc subsidiary.  While we understand the business decision, we are  sad that these newspapers will no longer be available for news of rural Alaska within their  communities, and for the rest of the state. We are in a time of change all over America regarding news, news collection, news [...]

If there’s one thing that all Alaskans are presented with on a daily basis, it’s this – the photo op. Whether it’s sweeping mountain vistas on the way to work, spectacular wildflowers, berries on the bush, a moose in the yard, or a fish on the hook, the beauty of The Great Land is impossible [...]

By Zach Roberts As I write this the 102nd Annual NAACP convention is going on in Los Angeles. Right now in fact they’re having their late night Worship service. It’s a quiet year for the convention – so far no controversial resolutions, no Presidential visits, just business as usual. Last year was a different story. [...]

(Shay Kelly and Shane Patrick of Project 50/50) By Linda Kellen Biegel When I left for the Anchorage Assembly Meeting Tuesday night, there were certain things I already knew to expect: – Mayor Sullivan wanted the ordinance that (among other things) banned sitting/reclining on the sidewalk pulled from the agenda and sent back to a [...]

In the Sarah Palin documentary, “The Undefeated,” one of the more evocative scenes of violence was when the bloggers (played by a ravenous pack of lionesses) chased down and tackled a hapless terrified zebra (Sarah Palin). If I were making a documentary about the documentary itself, this would be the zebra massacre scene, with the [...]

If you like words (and who doesn’t), you might be interested in the site wordsmith.org and its Word of the Day feature. Today’s word was “porcine” – a great word in and unto itself, but extra great when taken in context with its sample usage! PORCINE: MEANING: adjective: 1. Of or related to swine. 2. [...]

Yes, you can still fight City Hall! The latest news from Rosemary Shinohara at the Anchorage Daily News is that Mayor Dan Sullivan has requested a “postponement” of consideration on the new sidewalk etiquette ordinance: The administration asked that it be referred to the city’s Public Safety Commission, said Ossiander. A public hearing on the [...]

  By Shannyn Moore My sister and I were doing homework and talking about a boy in our junior high school. We were laughing about the dirty high-water pants he seemed to wear every single day. I looked up to see a tight-faced Pop. I was confused until he said, “There was a time I [...]

Yesterday was the first day that same-sex marriage was legal in New York. Phillis Siegel (76) and Connie Kopelov (84) were the first to marry at Manhattan’s City Clerk’s office. They have been partners for 24 years. Congratulations to all the couples who tied the knot today in New York, the sixth and largest state [...]

A musical open thread for a Sunday morning. Enjoy, Mudpups.

~Thick and fast they came at last… Today we’ll be dining light on a dainty half-portion of oysters – Dapper Dan, the Quitter, and a million dollar murder. Slurp ‘em up! Dapper Dan and the Homeless Man, Part II Remember the homeless man protesting Mayor Dan Sullivan’s treatment of the homeless? It turns out that [...]

In the winter time, those in the Lower 48 often say to their Alaska friends who are braving sub-zero temperatures, “How can you live like that?” My answer is that you can always put on another layer. This time of year when we in Alaska look at that awful weather map with colors ranging from [...]

A great video from Parent Earth about why it’s important to stop the Pebble Mine, and genetically modified salmon.

There have been many instances in the last three years that the Mudflats Forum community has risen to the call to help a fellow Mudpup in need. I want to share one such story with you as it came from Mudpuppy Bubbles. Her account brought to mind a parable of sorts that I’d heard a [...]