For many people with backyard ponds, fountains and other water-garden fixtures, the arrival of cold weather means draining the pipes and pulling the plug.But water… Continue reading
There are three ways to win a new strategy game from Soldotna’s Shea and Donica Nash: hoard all of the gold in the land, build… Continue reading
Earlier this week, while mining the Internet for material to use in this column, I learned that earthworms are now considered an invasive species in… Continue reading
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The first thing people notice: The tires, wider than the forearms of most grown men. Then, the inevitable first question: Where’s… Continue reading
The salmon I cooked for dinner Tuesday night earned a thumbs up and a “Mmm-mmm!” from the in-house food critic, so I thought I’d share… Continue reading
I have seen more brown creepers on the Kenai Peninsula this year than in the past two years when I saw none. Brown creepers are… Continue reading
SISTERS, Ore. — In her first year of recovering from breast cancer, Carol O’Bryant, of Bend, was plagued with anxiety over whether the disease was… Continue reading
In the past 10 or 15 years years, I’ve found myself thinking more and more about my dad. The old man was a meat fisherman… Continue reading
The other day I was in the garage unpacking boxes from our recent move from Fergus Falls, Minnesota, to work as the Visitor Services Manager… Continue reading
In Denali’s Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America’s Wildest Peak former editor of Alaska magazine Andy Hall’s presentation responded to a four-decade old hole… Continue reading
It’s fast becoming a fall tradition for my boyfriend Bjorn Dihle and me to head north and do a week-long paddle on a Yukon river… Continue reading
Like most recent college graduates, Nikiski resident Tyler Peek wanted to embark on an adventure before settling into the reality of the working world. Peek,… Continue reading
I had the honor of serving as one of six delegates representing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, at the second annual Changbai… Continue reading
Some of the 16 students in the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Field to Freezer meat processing class Oct. 11 had hunted caribou, moose,… Continue reading
A friend recently told me that he might sell his boat next year. He was doing so, he explained, so he would no longer have… Continue reading
For the past few weeks, dainty pink or white butterflies have been hovering above the bare soil in some of my clay flowerpots. They’re not… Continue reading
As I traverse through my daily mountains of permits, paper work, and visitor requests, there is never doubt in my mind that my days in… Continue reading
You rarely find “fishing buddy” listed as a necessity in a how-to article about fishing, but a buddy is every bit as necessary as tackle… Continue reading
It’s not unusual in Alaska (at least anywhere on the road system) to round the corner and be struck by a scene that looks more… Continue reading
NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) — Each stood about 15 feet tall or so, carefully engineered and built specifically for a singular purpose: launching pumpkins about… Continue reading
