Alone in the high country, you are suddenly startled by someone whistling at you. You search close and far but are unable to locate the whistler. Finally, you see a furry little critter standing on ...

The Winter Olympics provide dizzying transitions for reporters, and I had a doozy last night. Around 9:45 p.m. Thursday I was in the post-competition interview group with U.S. figure skater Johnny ...

After more than five decades of living on this planet in my current incarnation — arthritic-kneed curmudgeon with sporadic journalistic skills — I have at last divined an answer to the question that ...

After more than five decades of living on this planet in my current incarnation - arthritic-kneed curmudgeon with sporadic journalistic skills - I have at last divined an answer to the question that ...

Feb. 2 is Marmot Day in Alaska. Here is a poem originally published in the Anchorage Daily News on Marmot Day in 2011. "BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA...Marmot Day is ...