The Hills Are Alive: Wet Summer Triggers Long Lake Rockfalls

Boulders Continue To Crash Onto The Glenn At Long Lake Hill. King Mountain Shows Instability, Too     Miscellaneous Rocks At Long Lak...

Honoring Florence's Wishes, Lions Club Builds A Playground In Glennallen

Sign at the new park. (Photo, Country Journal) Florence Clayton Finally Got Her Park In Downtown Glennallen Florence Clayton. (Ph...

Tom Duck & Harry: A Comic Strip By David Mudrick

Tom Duck & Harry Editor's Note: David Mudrick and his wife Pat are longtime friends from Junior High. They came to Alaska...

Anchorage Economic Development Council Releases A Dire Report For Anchorage

Dire Report For Anchorage Over The Next Three Years Anchorage Economic Development Corporation hosted a 3-Year Outlook Virtual...

The Day Chistochina Saved The Lodge From Burning Down

Neighbors Beat The Flames Back With Garden Hoses Chistochina Lodge in the early 1980's. (File Photo, Country Journal)  A Story F...

New Start Date For CRSD: August 26th

A Traditional Mode of Learning On-Site Will Be Available This Year The Copper River School District will be opening schools in Augus...

WHAT'S UP IN OTHER ALASKA SCHOOL DISTRICTS?

JUNEAU TO HOLD ON-LINE CLASSES ONLY In a bid for a "stable plan" the Juneau School District has abandoned its idea of having a ...

More Than 300 Alaska Airlines Employees To Be Laid Off In The State – Including 18 Maintenance Technicians

Alaska Airlines Planes at Anchorage International. (Photo for the Journal by Robert Gaucher)  UPDATE TO THIS STORY AUGUST 4TH, 2020 In...

Southcentral Foundation CEO Will Be Stepping Down After 29 Years

Katherine Gottlieb, Head Of Southcentral Foundation, Brought Down By Scandal Southcentral Foundation. (Photo, Southcentral Website) T...

Getting Ready For Winter? All You Need Is 50 Cans Of Urethane Foam

Foam-Insulated Bus At Gakona Junction. (File Photo, Country Journal) Staying Warm In Your Alaska Abode Cabins in Alaska are made of sp...

NPS Cuts Loose: Friends Don't Let Friends Get Eaten By Bears

 Who Would've Thought That Park Rangers Could Actually Be Fu nny? ...Hello? ...Anyone? Hello??  Katmai Park Bear (Described By NPS ...

DOT Flattens The Bumps On Lake Louise Road

Lake Louise Road With New Gravel. (Photo, August 5th, Country Journal) It's A Good Time To Head Out To Lake Louise As DOT Fixes T...

Canada Threatens $750,000 Fine For Travelers Who Stop At Their National Parks

Mush You Huskies. Stay Moving Along The ALCAN! Canadians Throw The Book At Motorists Who Loiter & Sightsee On Their Way North To Alask...

What You Need For A Covid-19 Stay-At-Home Emergency Kit

 Keeping Things On Hand In Case You Have Coronavirus   The Country Journal asked CRNA for some help in figuring out what people need hand...

On The Grid: Talk Of New Railroad Line Linking Alaska To Lower 48

  Proposed New Railroad Line to Alberta from Fairbanks-North Pole. Finally. A proposed railroad, funded by private investors, has the ...

From Russia, With Love: Roll Out Those Lazy, Hazy Crazy Days Of Summer!

SIBERIAN WILDFIRES SEND HAZE & SMOKE TO THE COPPER VALLEY A relatively cool and rainy summer has seemingly left much of roadside Ala...

Hauling Water: Part Of Everyday Life In The Copper Valley

Tazlina Has Good Water. Hundreds Of People Have Come There Over The Years To Haul It Back Home In Their Trucks & Cars  Kevin Mondor ...

Fred Rungee: Firefighter, Cabin Builder, Friend & Giver Of Ice Cream

Respected, Hard Working, Funny, Talented... Fred Rungee Was One Of A Kind July 29th, 2020:  Several days ago, State Forestry workers...

Essay: No, Alaska Isn't Safe From Disease Due To Our Isolation

Alaska Has A Grim & Brutal History Of Disease. But Still, Life Goes On Alaska's modern history isn't that lengthy. But epide...

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