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Opinion: Where one news model fades, another grows
14+ min ago (580+ words) Newspapers used to stand tall and healthy in their communities across the country, Alaska included. But now, many stand like stricken spruce trees, falling victim to declining revenue and readership that eat away at their core, much like trees decimated…...
Alaska Science Forum time capsule: In search of a few good wood frogs
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (596+ words) The office phone rang while Brian Barnes discussed with me his need for wood frogs. The caller’s loudness forced Barnes, a University of Alaska Fairbanks associate professor of zoophysiology, to tilt the phone away from his ear. “He’s got some…...
Opinion: Don’t let NAMI become another resource we lose
1+ week, 5+ day ago (627+ words) The National Alliance on Mental Illness — NAMI — is the kind of resource people do not realize they need until they need it. A person walks through the door because they are overwhelmed. A family member comes in because they don’t…...
Letter: It’s ‘campaign finance’ because ‘bribery’ sounds so impolite
3+ week, 5+ hour ago (142+ words) Anchorage Daily News Letter: Itâs âcampaign financeâ because âbriberyâ sounds so impolite We no longer have a democracy. Instead, we have an oligarchy with periodic elections. Historically, the Great Depression of 1929 and the Great Recession of 2008 were…...
The field is set for Sunday’s start of the World Cup knockout stage
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (867+ words) The round of 32 at the World Cup is set, with the knockout stage getting underway Sunday as Canada plays South Africa in Southern California. The U.S. will face Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday in Santa Clara, California, while third co-host Mexico returns to…...
Anchorage’s Obed Vargas named to Mexico’s World Cup roster
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (291+ words) This past year has been one to remember for Anchorage’s own Obed Vargas as the Alaska-born professional soccer player has seen many of his lifelong dreams come true. On Sunday, another aspiration became reality as he was among the 26 players…...
As Ebola scourges Congo, experts warn of link to eating wild animals
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (949+ words) KINSHASA, Congo — The vendors of wild meat at the sprawling Masina Market in the Congolese capital don’t always display their goods openly. Customers must ask for whatever they’re looking for, whether it is a giant swamp rodent or the severed…...
Passengers evacuated from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship begin flying home from Canary Islands
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1035+ words) TENERIFE, Canary Islands — Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship began flying home Sunday aboard military and government planes after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands, where travelers were escorted to shore by personnel in full-body protective gear and…...
A suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean kills 3 people, WHO says
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (613+ words) CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people, including an elderly married couple, and sickened at least three others, the World Health Organization and South…...
Dozens of South African men die from circumcision procedures during initiation ceremonies
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (382+ words) JOHANNESBURG — At least 41 young men have died as a result of circumcision procedures as part of traditional initiation activities in South Africa in November and December, authorities said Tuesday. Traditional initiation is a rite of passage into manhood for young…...