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POCATELLO — A local author has recently published a mystery book thats sure to entertain any fans of the genre looking for their next read.

Edward Slomke killed at least seven men in Southeast Alaska. He may have murdered twice that many. Along with their lives, he took their money, their possessions — and sometimes their identities.

Time for the annual look back at the year in writing, and for me as a reviewer, 2023 goes down as the year of the Alaska Native woman novelist, three

‘Miles and miles of miles and miles” is how one of the men who helped construct the Alaska Highway described it. It’s a sentiment most anyone who has driven that

While the novel revolves around the pursuit of a highly sought-after amulet, the personal connections and progressions drive the story.

Lael Morgan penned many books on the state and its history, included the acclaimed Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush

on local history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of this story. Over the past century, Anchorage progressed from a muddy, almost nothing of a railroad stop to the economic center of the state. Women played prominent and crucial roles in this evolution. Their professions encompassed the entire range of possibility as did their approaches to city life in Alaska. Yet, the histories of Anchorag...

We Live in Alaska By Constance Helmericks. Epicenter Press, 2019. (A republication of the original, Little, Brown and Company, 1944, with a new preface by daughter Jean Aspen). 253 pages. $19.95. Constance Helmericks, an early chronicler of Alaska adventure and commentary, published six books between 1944 and 1969. Epicenter Press has now reissued these classics with prefaces by the writer’s daughter, Jean Aspen, a writer herself. ’We Live In Alaska, ’ By Constance Helmericks “We L...