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Storms trigger a humanitarian disaster in western Alaska

Powerful back-to-back storms have ravaged dozens of mostly Alaska Native communities in western Alaska: Approximately 2,000 people were displaced, and…

survivors of ex-Typhoon Halong file onto C-17 military transport plan in Bethel for transport to Anchorage

Must we kill one species to save another?

Barred owls, with their vivid brown stripes, are acting like bullies of the forest in the Northwest, driving their smaller…

It’s still the West against itself

Nearly 80 years ago, Bernard DeVoto, the Utah-born writer and historian, wrote an essay titled “The West Against Itself” for…

We see the climate change in New Mexico

Here in New Mexico, our growing season has lengthened since the 1970s, even as stream flows have decreased. Fire season…

Savoring the darkness in Alaska

In my part of Alaska, not far from Anchorage, winter solstice is always a dark day, but not because of…

Northern lights Alaska, Image Tim Lydon