Wednesday, May 15, 2024

The Alaska Current

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,...

Bill to Repeal Ranked Choice Voting Gets Public Hearing

Just three years after Alaska voters approved a ranked choice voting and open primaries, a trio of conservative House members are pushing a bill...

Two Years Waiting for Police Body Cameras

This article originally ran in Sol de Medianoche and was republished with permission. During an Assembly Public Safety committee meeting last week, Sean Case,...

Giving Props: A Break Down of What Anchorage Voters Approved 

Every election cycle in Anchorage, candidates for Assembly and School Board eat up most of the media coverage, but every ballot comes packed with...

Anchorage voters reject Bronson-backed candidates by a landslide

After years of constant scandal and fraught tensions with the Assembly, the 2023 Municipal election was widely seen as a referendum on Mayor Dave...

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