Fresh cod is in season. Here’s a spectacular dish that showcases it.
Recipe: Pan-sear fish before adding it to a colorful mix of onions and peppers with hits of vinegar and a little sugar.
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You might not like to eat kale, but it will look great in your yard
Gardening: It’s a great week to start kale indoors. While you’re at it, plant a few tomatoes and some broccoli.
Two-week extension granted for studded tire use in Alaska
Depending on where they live, Alaskans have an extra 14 to 16 days to get their studded tires swapped out for summer ones.
The origin and naming of Valley of the Moon park in Anchorage
Histories of Anchorage: Valley of the Moon park has a rambling history connecting the area’s original Dena’ina Athabascan inhabitants, prostitution, a famous author and his alleged daughter.
I’m falling for this guy I’m dating, but he’s moving away. Should I end things now or wait it out until he leaves?
Relationship advice: “I would totally do long distance or probably even move with him, and he gets that, but he keeps saying it’s going to end when he leaves town.”
Here are some of the best Alaska flight deals, spurred on by a fare sale and airline competition
Alaska Airlines started its sale as a way to encourage visitors to fly north in May and June. But the rates work in both directions.
Tire-busting potholes are causing headaches for Anchorage drivers
Spring breakup is here, and with it come potholes. “I think the worst is still to come,” said Paul VanLandingham, maintenance manager for the municipality.
This rainbow-colored salad is like springtime on a plate
Recipe: This dish calls for za’atar, a wonderfully aromatic spice blend of dried herbs, sesame seeds and sumac. It’s now more readily available in supermarkets, or you can make your own version.
Alaska gardeners might feel the urge to prune right now. Resist it.
Gardening: Wait for leaves so the plant can make carbs to help heal the wounds. Here are other garden chores to do instead.
Alaska Airlines joins global network, adds perks for elite flyers and promises more connectivity later
COVID-19 lockdowns have reduced international air travel to about 20% of what it was in 2019, so the promise of increased connectivity will clearly be slow in materializing.
Anchorage girl turns snow pile into quinzee and three-run sledding hill
Nine-year-old Nadia Green took what she learned in Cub Scouts and combined it with her passion for building to make an epic snow park outside her front door.
How a severe mid-century housing crisis left its mark on Anchorage neighborhoods
Histories of Anchorage: From 1939 to 1950, greater Anchorage grew from about 4,000 residents to 32,000. And all those people needed a place to stay.
Want to cruise the Alaskan coast this year? You may need to think smaller.
Small ships lack some of the amenities that larger vessels have, but they do allow for easier social distancing and a more flexible itinerary.
My girlfriend’s been great through this hunker down, but my friends say I should end things because she’s not ‘the one’
Relationship advice: “My friends keep asking when I’m going to break up with her. Honestly, I don’t feel the need to do so. She’s kind and fun and we have a good time. Plus her moving out would be a huge hassle.”
Want to see more of Alaska’s glaciers? You have plenty of options.
Whether it’s on foot, on skis, or by boat, plane or helicopter, there are many paths to some of Alaska’s most scenic glaciers.
Easy spring tart with lemon ricotta: Maximum wow factor, minimum fuss
Recipe: Store-bought puff pastry makes this tart a streamlined way to celebrate the season.
Popular Alaska garden crops like kale, cauliflower and broccoli should be started from seed now
Gardening: All these go-to plants are easy to germinate, and we now have enough daylight hours to skip supplemental lighting.
Why the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake was called a “Passover” for Anchorage Black people
Histories of Anchorage: Housing discrimination and economic disparities meant Black people and other minorities were barred from living in the very Anchorage neighborhoods that were hardest hit.
Why do I keep choosing the wrong men to date — and how can I change?
Relationship advice: It’s truly tragic there isn’t some sort of instant way to take the temp on whether a guy or gal is coming in hot with BS, lies and baggage. Lacking that, here are some tips.