Saturday, December 21, 2024

The Alaska Current

Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation to Alaska With GOP Billionaire

This story was originally published by ProPublica. In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a riverbank in a remote corner of Alaska. The Supreme...

Kenai Opener Signals the Unofficial Start of Fishing Season

The Kenai River opener Sunday signaled the unofficial start to the season for many Alaska anglers. My social media was quickly inundated with freshly...

Crossing Kootznoowoo — and Exploring Potential Career Paths

The 30-mile Cross-Admiralty Canoe Route could be seen as a straightforward trip: start in Angoon (Aangóon, or “isthmus town”), where Tlingit people have lived...

Efforts to Decriminalize Psychedelic Medicines in Alaska Gain Momentum

In 2012, Iraq war veteran Jen Marshall was at a low point. For nearly the past decade, she’d been tormented by an image she’d...

Anchorage School Board Approves Partial Funding of Inlet View Elementary

The Anchorage School Board approved a $45 million funding package in a 5-1 vote Tuesday night, including $26 million toward the rebuild of Inlet...

ACLU, Campers Challenge Bronson Administration’s Move to Abate Cuddy Park

In an empty lot next to Cuddy Family Midtown Park on Tuesday afternoon, loaders and dump trucks crisscrossed the willowy park as Parks and...

Weather, Steep Slopes and Friends: An Unforgettable Excursion in the Alaska Range

As the plane touched down on the Alaska Range dropping me and five friends off for a seven-day expedition, I thought back to my...

New App Allows the Public to Document Fish Habitat

Up until last year, Southeast Alaska’s Mitkof Island was home to a creek with some unique salmon: they only turned left. Officially, anyway. Ohmer Creek,...

A Fairer Election System in Alaska Helped More Independents Win Office 

This article was republished from the Sightline Institute. The demographics of the Alaska Legislature looked slightly different after the 2022 election. Alaskans sent more Independents...

Trekking for Pumpkin Char Above the Arctic Circle

This article was republished with permission from the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. Thick mud flew from the truck tires and rattled against the wheel wells...

Spring Fishing Guide: Where to Wet a Line in Southcentral Alaska’s Early Season

As the ice melts and streams begin to flow again, anglers across Alaska rejoice as we reach the cusp of fishing season.  For Southcentral fly...

A Portrait of the Last Day of Full Operations at Alaska’s Largest Homeless Shelter

Henry Sam sat in the Sullivan Arena, counting down the two hours until he would learn whether or not he had shelter that night,...

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