Craig Medred is an independent Alaska journalist with over 35 years of professional experience as a reporter, writer & staff editor. This is his news site.

Craig Medred is an independent Alaska journalist with over 35 years of professional experience as a reporter, writer & staff editor. This is his news site.

Posts about road safety written by craigmedredAs residents of Alaska’s largest city struggle and steam their way through roads still clogged by an unusual volume of snow, maybe it is time for some ...

Leave it to the American College of Cardiology to out American physicians for what so many of them have become: drug pushers. The College this week declared that “NuSH therapies” – short for “nutrient ...

49th state near last in “independence” No matter how much some Alaskans might like to think of their state as a stronghold for the conservative virtues of individual effort, hard work and personal ...

One of Anchorage’s most unforgettable characters died in Portland on Wednesday when he was struck by a Max Light Rail train. Eighty-one-year-old Michael O’Callaghan was one of those rare do-g… ...

Anchorage’s growing problem Ya got trouble, my friends, right here in Anchor Town. And that starts with a “T” and that rhymes with “B” and that stands for birds… ...

Posts about electric fences written by craigmedredAnchorage’s growing problem Ya got trouble, my friends, right here in Anchor Town. And that starts with a “T” and that rhymes with “B” and that stands ...

Posts about chicken coups written by craigmedredAnchorage’s growing problem Ya got trouble, my friends, right here in Anchor Town. And that starts with a “T” and that rhymes with “B” and that stands ...

What exactly is the “spirit of the Iditarod” in these times? This is a question that has been begging to be asked since the Iditarod Trail Committee earlier this week anno… ...