Is Alaska Losing Its Snow?
Snow accumulation in and around Anchorage is about 30 inches below average for this time of year, and it’s affecting daily life in the area.
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Dispatches From a Changing Arctic
The first in a new series of reported stories from Alaska and the three Canadian northern territories documenting how the region is responding as it increasingly becomes the focus of global debates over climate change, territorial claims, resource industries, and more.
Opting Out: Papa Pilgrim and the Lure of Off-Grid Wilderness Living
As part of our week-long series on people who opt out of society, Eva Holland spoke with Tom Kizzia about his new book on the 17-person family that settled down in the ghost town of McCarthy, Alaska.
Opting Out: An Introduction
We're telling stories all week about people who opt out of society on some level—homesteaders, back-to-the-landers, anti-government survivalists.
Fishing for Answers in Alaska
Can the unusual politics, economics and culture of the Alaskan salmon trade serve as a model for sustainable world fisheries?
In Alaska, Tax Hike on Alcohol Leads to Fewer Deaths
"Sin taxes" are known to modify behavior a bit, but small adjustments may reap bigger rewards than expected.
Port Barrel Spending
A reader wonders whether Port of Anchorage project has earmarks of a boondoggle.
Alaska: Land of Contradictions
The politics of the Last Frontier are a strange brew of libertarianism, moralism, privacy and a love of government handouts.