Apologies for getting this out a little late, but tragedy for two men who died during an ice fishing trip last week. The Fairbanks News-Miner with more: Troopers were alerted by a search and rescue team just after noon Friday...
The following story appears in the November issue of Alaska Sporting Journal, on sale now. -By Chris Cocoles Photos by Ariel Tweto Ariel Tweto can’t stay on the ground for very long. Neither can she stop smiling,...
As someone who spent about 15 post-college years working at newspapers, I can relate to budget cuts. Through runs at two once top 50-circulation publications, those papers are now shells of their former selves. Good, talented people were given “severance...
This just in: Alaska has a huge presence in the commercial fishing industry. So it shouldn’t be a major shocker that the three Alaska ports ranked 1-3 in the U.S. in terms of seafood landings last year. Here’s the Alaska Dispatch’s Laine...
KETCHIKAN FAMILY READY IF MAJOR QUAKE HITS Rodney Dial lives in Ketchikan. The former U.S. Army Ranger appeared on National Geographic Channel’s Doomsday Preppers last season and has spent most of the profits from his tattoo parlor to protect his wife,...
Hockey player Willie Mitchell, who we profiled in 2014 when he was a member of the Los Angeles Kings, has been an advocate for protecting wild salmon from fish farms in his native British Columbia. Mitchell, now the captain for the...
KETCHIKAN HUNTER FOCUSES ON STAYING IN SHAPE From inside an old gym bag an electronic quack of a duck is pulled. It’s Jason Gentry’s ringtone. The waterfowl season is over, but it’s always on his mind. Gentry hears it and since...
One of the Discovery Channel’s flagship shows has been Gold Rush, which we profiled in the December, 2014 magazine. The show’s sixth season premieres on Friday. Here’s the Discovery Channel with more: As the Klondike winter comes to an end, a...
