The “Great Alaskan stare down” is over, and the world finds itself no better off from this brief encounter of the worst kind. As a result of this meaningless get-together, nobody is any safer, the ...

Last year's winners of the Great Alaska Talent Competition. This year's final round is March 3 at the Performing Arts Center. (Courtesy of GATC) Fur Rondy is here again and there are plenty of events ...

THINK OF ALASKA and you might envision remotest-of-the-remote backcountry lodges, unnerving glimpses of grizzly bears, salmon eluding the fishing line—with the image of a bearded outdoorsman looming ...

In the spring, Alaskans spend a lot of energy putting in their gardens. Come summer, though, other activities get in the way. If this is a good description of your situation, you can salvage your ...

Growing up in Palmer, Fred Chmiel attended the Great Alaska Shootout almost every year, and on the rare occasion he couldn’t be there in person, he would watch the television broadcast intently from ...