There wasn’t a single tree in Nome. There wasn’t a road that connected it to any other village or town. It would take you ten days to get there from Seattle on the Outside Passage —
Julia Scully,photography editor, writer1929-2023
Craig Medred: Talking Safety
Anchorage’s phony new bike law
On the day a well-meaning Anchorage Assembly approved a new bike ordinance claimed to make the state’s largest city safer for those who pedal, I was on my bike grinding up the Hillside Drive “Bike Route” while being close-passed, which is illegal, by a whole string of cars and trucks going faster than the 45 mph speed limit, which is also illegal.
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Lofty Minded in Alaska: Ben and Beyond
Eat Your Words from Edible Alaska#55: Alaska IS an Ag State…
Hey there,
We couldn’t sum it up any better than Wendell Berry, who wrote “To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd.” Dear Eat Your Words reader, we know you are interested, and in our new issue we sharpen the focus on agriculture. Help us welcome The Ag Issue, our Fall 2023 offering filled with stories of Alaska’s growers and producers. You’ll find an update on kelp and a new story on the challenges of growing grain in the state. Erin McKinstry tells us how the climate is changing the way Alaska grows food, and we visit a regenerative farm in Homer where animals are both food and vital co-creators of the farm’s ecosystem. Note, these are links to our digital edition of the magazine, where you can see the stories and messages from our advertising partners in a beautiful page-through format.
By Clark Fair, Peninsula Clarion: Don’t stop the presses The Mable Smith Story — Part 2
Author’s note: Eight years after becoming a widow in Oklahoma, 55-year-old Mable Smith moved to Alaska, planning to live near her younger son John Jr. and his family. In late 1960, she applied for a homestead patent on 160 acres off Kalifornsky Beach Road. The following summer, she began working as a reporter and editor for the Cheechako News, based out of Ridgeway.
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By Sejal Sharma, Interesting Engineering: 73 million-year-old fossil of a tiny mouse found in Alaska The fossil is from the Gypsonictopidae, a family of mammals.