Note: At the start of every walk, my dogs try to sneak away to “fox town,” a fox den on the other side of the pond near my cabin, and we often see the adult foxes trotting through the neighborhood. Hearing one of them bark the other evening, I was reminded of this March 26, […]
JUNEAU – The U.S. Coast Guard and the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing conducted a complex, long-range medevac of a 58-year-old man from a container ship approximately 58 miles south of Adak, Wednesday. Coast Guard Arctic District watchstanders received a medevac request at approximately 6 a.m. Tuesday from the crew of the 991-foot Japanese-flagged container […]
“With each passing election since the Citizens United decision, billionaires have systematically bought up our democracy.” An analysis released Wednesday shows that 172 billionaire families in the United States have collectively spent more than $1.7 billion on the 2026 elections—a record-shattering sum for a midterm cycle. The analysis by the Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) […]
William Egan was born in Valdez to a mining family on October 8th, 1914. From his meager beginnings in Valdez, he would become one of Alaska’s most famous people. By age 10, Bill worked in a local cannery following his father’s death in an avalanche to help his mother care for the family. His interest […]