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Cooking for Pleasure: Apples in Puff Pastry
Although this dessert is made with puff pastry, don't let it scare you.
Oct 232 min read


AI Tries To Write The News: ‘No Kings’ protest, Charlie Kirk Day in Alaska
AI Tries To Write The News is a weekly feature where a commercial AI blog tool is asked to write news stories about notable local events of the past week, with excerpts of the results provided.
Oct 194 min read


On The Trails: Chickadees
They’re fun to watch — always active, leading mixed species flocks in fall, sometimes storing seeds for hard times to come.
Oct 193 min read


Alaska Science Forum: Alaska volcano as climate disrupter
A circular scar on Alaska’s face speaks to an event that may have contributed to the fall of societies on the far side of the world.
Oct 183 min read


On The Trails: Mammalian dentition
Almost all mammals have teeth, whose primary function is feeding, although they sometimes have other functions such as display or weaponry.
Oct 123 min read


Alaska Science Forum: Mendenhall Glacier to pull toe from lake
In the near future, Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier will withdraw its icy toe from the lake of its making, scientists say.
Oct 93 min read


Cooking for Pleasure: Italian-Style Pasta Bean Soup
Once you have tasted it, you’ll find it irresistible.
Oct 62 min read


On The Trails: Sandpiper, eagle, and orchid
On a mild, almost-sunny day near the end of September, a stroll on the dike trail found a large bunch of shorebirds in one of the lagoons.
Oct 53 min read


Here's what's happening for First Friday in October
October's First Friday will feature spooky pottery, live sketching events, and a local quilter raising funds for her brother on the front lines of Ukraine.
Oct 25 min read


On The Trails: Fall foliage and more questions
Here in the coniferous forest, we don’t get the spectacular display of fall foliage colors that occurs in the eastern deciduous forest. But our cottonwoods and willows do produce bright yellows and golds.
Sep 283 min read


Fat Bear Week is more than a bit of fun – for the animals, size is a matter of survival
The most gripping week of the bear calendar has arrived. The Fat Bear Week is an annual online competition hosted by Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. This event, which began in 2014 as a one-day celebration, has since grown into a phenomenon among bear enthusiasts worldwide.
Sep 273 min read


Cooking for Pleasure: Chicken Pot Pie
Once you have eaten a homemade one, you will never want to eat one from the frozen food section of your grocery store ever again.
Sep 193 min read
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