Fall is coming—Alaska News Brief August 2026
Folks are still harvesting from their gardens, smoking fish, and waiting for...
14 August, 2026
Reflecting pond blues—Alaska News Brief July 2026
I’m going to be straight with you. My mood keeps swinging like...
16 July, 2026
Let the sun shine in—Alaska News Brief June 2026
Soon the longest day of sunlight in North America will embrace us:...
16 June, 2026
The season of care—Alaska News Brief May 2026
The month of May tends to make people happy and keep them...
14 May, 2026
Help protect the Arctic Refuge. Write your “Dear Big Oil” letter now
by Dawnell Smith The Trump administration plans to auction off public land sacred...
06 May, 2026
Interior’s fist pumping lease sale and Big Oil’s gluttonous ride—Alaska News Brief April 2026
The Interior Department held a lease sale last month that offered a...
15 April, 2026
Small things, big bears—Alaska News Brief March 2026
Remember back during the pandemic when people started seeing more animals in cities? A...
16 March, 2026
YOU ROCK 4EVER XOXO—Alaska News Brief February 2026
The retail sector makes a big deal of Valentine’s Day. There’s money to be made, of...
12 February, 2026
Time to talk to the critters—Alaska News Brief January 2026
As I check off my to-do list before heading to Ecuador for...
14 January, 2026
A heart two sizes too small can grow after all—Alaska News Brief December 2025
A bone chill keeps pestering me this holiday season. At times, the forecast for warmth and merriment feels superficial at best. I mean, it’s...
18 December, 2025
With gratitude to you, we sue—Alaska News Brief November 2025
This week we sued the Alaska State Board of Game and the...
14 November, 2025
Our common cause is each other—Alaska News Brief October 2025
Earlier this month, the remnants of a typhoon that originated in the...
17 October, 2025
The year ahead, the year behind—Alaska News Brief September 2025
Sometimes it feels like we’re moving lickety-split toward a goal, keeping a...
12 September, 2025
Darkness before the dawn—Alaska News Brief August 2025
In 1650, after living through about eight years of civil war in...
13 August, 2025
The real Moby Dick story—Alaska News Brief July 2025
The true story that inspired the iconic book “Moby Dick” tells a...
10 July, 2025
What the midnight sun reveals—Alaska News Brief June 2025
The sun ignites life, and a whole world rises up. The rhubarb in...
18 June, 2025
Live like a hermit crab—Alaska News Brief May 2025
I’d like to live like a hermit crab, carrying my protective shell...
16 May, 2025
It’s been a month, and I’m pissed off—Alaska News Brief April 2025
Sigh. It’s been a month and then some. Late in March we got...
14 April, 2025
The gutting of public lands—Alaska News Brief March 2025
I never watched “The Apprentice” and don’t revel in people getting fired....
19 March, 2025
How to drink from a fire hydrant—Alaska News Brief February 2025
How do you drink from a fire hydrant? Well, first, take a deep...
14 February, 2025
Hello, 2025. We’re ready for you—Alaska News Brief January 2025
Throughout 2024, we threw parties and shared funny and true stories about...
15 January, 2025
Keep bringing the light. Alaska News Brief December 2024.
Winter just started, according to the astronomical calendar, but most Alaskans have...
20 December, 2024
Alaska News Brief November 2024. Giving knits the world together
By Chase Hensel, board chair I was staying with friends in a coastal...
22 November, 2024
Jumping on the hamster wheel. Alaska News Brief August 2024
No matter what happens with the election, we at Trustees will be...
16 August, 2024
Holding sway: Alaska News Brief July 2024
I keep asking myself, how do you quiet the mind when witnessing...
17 July, 2024
Sunshine Mania: Alaska News Brief June 2024
By Vicki Clark As I get older, summer mania hits me more intensely....
18 June, 2024
Music to our ears: Alaska News Brief May 2024
We got snow this month, but no matter, because the birds keep...
17 May, 2024
Are you a joyful animal? — Alaska News Brief April 2024
I returned to the office last week after spending part of my...
19 April, 2024
So long and thanks to all the whales! Alaska News Brief February 2024
By the time you read this, I’ll have already celebrated carnival in...
23 February, 2024
It’s our 50th year! Let’s blow out the candles together. Alaska News Brief January 2024
Nothing calls for a party like the big 5-0, so celebrate we...
19 January, 2024