Update: This story has been updated to reflect Keith Stephens’ condition. A Willow man is in a coma in a hospital in Alaska’s largest city after apparently slipping on snow-covered and icy […]
Cold kills
Avalanche death
A highly experienced and well-known Anchorage skier has been identified by Alaska State Troopers as the man killed in a pre-Thanksgiving Day avalanche about 60 miles north of the state’s largest city. […]
Deadly temptation
South of the Alaska Range mountains and west along a wide band of the 49th-state coast to Bristol Bay and then north to the Arctic, the danger season has begun. By the […]
Shifting seasons
November brought winter like weather to coastal Alaska at last, ending another October of the new-normal. The National Weather Service in Anchorage reported up to four inches of snow turning in places […]
High on Iditarod
Update: This story has been updated with Iditarod doping protocols. Someone among the top-20 finishers in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race found a way to perk their dogs […]
Last Great Mess
When the guilty go unnamed, everyone becomes guilty, and so it is the mushers in Alaska’s biggest sporting event have become a bunch of dopers. Thank the Iditarod Trail Committee, which this […]
Selling AK toys
Anchorage’s two biggest outdoor stores are now one, but what it means for the future is unclear. Bass Pro and Cabela’s on Monday announced they’d closed a $5 billion deal for […]
Cat tales
In the wake of an unconfirmed sighting of a mountain lion on the Anchorage Hillside, it is worth revisiting the history of cougar reports in and around Alaska’s largest city. Wildlife biologists […]
Bears, bears, bears
The bears have invaded Seward, AK. One got shot in the foot. And now there is a bit of social media debate underway. The good news is that Seward Police Chief Tom […]
A Chinook victory
A complicated and sometimes contentious Copper River salmon season is coming to an end with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game seemingly in position to declare mission accomplished. State fishery managers […]
