Posts about road safety written by craigmedredAs residents of Alaska’s largest city struggle and steam their way through roads still clogged by an unusual volume of snow, maybe it is time for some ...

Craig Medred is an independent Alaska journalist with over 35 years of professional experience as a reporter, writer & staff editor. This is his news site.

Iditarod's #metoo problem Update #2: The Alaska Department of Law this morning (2/22/2024) withdrew the charges against Eddie Burke Jr.. A department spokesman said a statement as to why would be ...

A death quickly dismissed Forty-eight-year-old Matt Glover from North Pole, Alaska, was, according to his many Fairbanks-area friends, among the safest and most responsible cyclists in the 49th state.

Who fuels Iditarod behavior? The greatest threat facing the survival of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race today is not the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA); the ...

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 ...

Alaska inattentiveness blamed in billionaire's death The once richest man in the Czech Republic did not die because of a helicopter crash in the Chugach Mountains just north of Alaska's largest city ...

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 turning down ...

At trial in Anchorage earlier this year, Pugh testified that when he and his Russian-born wife, Oksana, bought the property in 2012 they knew nothing of the road running across it, but one would have ...

Soviet-style economics Prior to the 1990s, wild salmon dominated the world market and Alaska was the biggest producer of fish. And long prior to that, Alaska politicians made a Statehood decision to ...

State mismanagement Though Alaska fishery managers have done an admirable job of managing for salmon abundance since the 1980s, they have done a terrible job of managing salmon for economic value. In ...

Last Great Race By 1983, the Iditarod was building toward its peak on a wave of media coverage, the romanticized vision of the old Alaska of Jack London and the enthusiasm of a new generation of ...