Ian Dickson
Alaska Desk Web EditorIan first came to Alaska in 2003, by bicycle. After earning a master’s degree in English at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, he worked for a long time at the Alaska Earthquake Center, building and fixing seismic stations around the state.
Journalism came later in life. Before joining the Alaska Desk, he worked for several years as an editor at KTOO in Juneau.
Reach Ian at idickson@alaskapublic.org or 720-419-7078.
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The plane crashed Sunday evening near Excursion Inlet. Just the pilot was onboard. -
Some assembly members said suspending the sister city status defeated the purpose of the arrangement: to promote peace and prosperity through citizen diplomacy. -
Race officials say Jimbo has eaten a meal and is in "good health." -
The lights appeared amid a skein of clouds that, for once, had opened just enough. Many who passed up sleep to see the aurora posted images to social media showing intense green waves, purple spikes and ribbons of deep red dancing over the mountains and Gastineau Channel. -
The 1962 avalanche was what started the series of studies that show a path could generate avalanches capable of leveling a Juneau neighborhood — and that such avalanches should be expected every few decades. -
The cemetery holds the graves of Unangan people who died during World War II after the U.S. government forcibly removed them from the Pribilof Islands took them to the Southeast rainforest with only one bag apiece and no hunting or fishing gear.
