"In its 50-year history, the Salty Dawg in Homer has seen some wild times and quiet times. What's your most memorable Salty Dawg experience or story?"

"In March, we reported on the Washington Post beer playoffs. The results are in. East coast beers took the lead. What west coast beers and Alaska brews, should have been included?"

"Millions of parents can't afford the government's child-cost estimate of $16,000 a year, yet others spend far more. Is that fair? Good for the kids?"

"There's nothing worse than a 2-year-old pitching a fit in the middle of the grocery store. Do you have a toddler known for public meltdowns? Tell us your tantrum stories and how you handled it."

"Willow and alder pollens typically began to blow at the end of April. Then birch makes its spectacular sniffle-fostering, eye-watering, hack-inducing entrance over the first two weeks of May. Up to 25 percent of people can have a serious allergic reaction, often of the "hay fever" variety."

"Doctors say Anchorage has the world's highest level of birch pollens. It's one of the Alaska superlatives the tourists don't hear much about."

" Pollen is fine, dustlike grain containing the male sexual cells of a plant. Any given tree can produce many billions of these particles and send them off into the air in search of female sexual cells. The individual grains are too small for the eye to see. But your immune system knows when it encounters them."

" Exercise outdoors after noon; trees release
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