But cheer up, Alaska not worst The good old days of a 49th state rich in oil revenues that boosted all kinds of community projects might be over, and the culture war that has split Americans right … ...

After years of mainly sitting on Cook Inlet beaches, commercial setnet salmon fishermen were back on the water this week as returning sockeye offered a lesson in how little we know about the survival ...

Unless you’ve been walking around with your eyes closed, the general decline in health in these unUnited States should have long been obvious in the abundance of double-wide, slow-walkers struggling ...

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The benefits and the cost Twenty-five-years ago economist Steve Colt wrote an “economic history” of “Salmon Fish Traps in Alaska” that ended with this line: “It may be time for Alaskans to reconsider ...

Salmon catch could have 1970s value Update: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is now reporting that higher prices and a larger than expected return of sockeye salmon to Bristol Bay this year ...

Canadians dissing Alaska salmon Angry Canadians are going after the Alaska salmon fishery in the marketplace where propaganda can sometimes do some damage. Ocean Wise, the conservation arm of the ...

Battering the AK brand Alaska now enters the heart of the commercial salmon season with the fishing industry in chaos. In a commentary in the trade publication Seafood Source, seafood industry cons… ...

Alaska’s Empty Interior Umpenhour was by then well-connected to many among the relatively few people trying to survive in tiny villages and small, private outposts along the Yukon. A U.S. Marine in ...

Alaska salmon farmers who annually turn almost 2 billion hatchery fish loose to feed on the pastures of the North Pacific Ocean finally appear to have caught the attention of Canadians who’ve for ...

Already struggling Alaska salmon processors are facing yet another problem in the fishery this year: shrinkage. And, no, not that involving the plummeting prices for both wild-caught and farmed salmon ...

Alaska-connected financier accused of swindle A one-time best bud of Alaskan Gabrielle "Ellie" Rubenstein, a member of the Permanent Fund Corporation's board of directors up until last summer, now has ...