The American College of Sports Medicine almost two decades ago recognized this and launched “Exercise is Medicine” as “a global health initiative,” but it has done little or nothing to sell the idea ...

Musher now banned on two continents Banned first by the now defunct Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race that once ran for 1,000 miles through the frozen heart of Alaska to Whitehorse, Yukon Ter… ...

Kenai River Chinook offer some hope For the first time in five years, there appears the possibility that the return of Chinook salmon to the Kenai River – an Alaska waterway once world famous… ...

These now unUnited States of America have a drug problem, and it’s a lot bigger than the illicit chemicals that have cost the country more than $1 trillion since the War on Drugs was declared in 1971.

Why Peltola decided to get into the risky business of flying guided hunters, their equipment and sometimes the meat of the animals they killed into and out of makeshift airstrips is unknown, but it is ...

The benefits and the cost Twenty-five-years ago economist Steve Colt wrote an “economic history” of “Salmon Fish Traps in Alaska” that ended with this line: “It may be time for Alaskans to reconsider ...

Body of Iditarod chief vet found near Idaho home Update: This story has been edited to include a report Stu Nelson’s body was found Friday and that the Bonner County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed ...

The coming year marks the 30th anniversary of the state of Alaska’s attempt to control world salmon markets by banning fish farming in the 49th state. It would seem an appropriate time to review what ...

The troubling U.S. death rate Americans are dying at a record rate compared to residents of other Western nations, and the U.S. medical establishment can’t seem to figure out why. JAMA… ...

Thank you, Canada Luckily for Alaskans, the Canadians, who are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on hatcheries to try to rebuild their failing Chinook stocks, appear not to have noticed and ...

The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which for years put up with the antics of Cat in the Hat-musher Hugh Neff, has now banned him, but won’t say why. Neff says he got a letter from the race tu… ...

King salmon going down as pinks go up An eight- to nine-fold increase in Prince William Sound pink salmon now credited to the open-ocean farming of the North Pacific Ocean has profited some Alaskans, ...