If you visit a national park in the U.S., do not abandon your hiking companion or companions to a bear to save yourself. That is the rather odd advice now being offered […]
No sacrifices
Grisly death
Alaska State Troopers say a hiker killed by a bear on the Kenai Peninsula earlier this week was so badly mauled that they are waiting on autopsy results to officially confirm his […]
Go carefully
A bridge too narrow, a creek too fast and a six-wheeled vehicle sold for its ability to “go anywhere” combined to claim the life of a 68-year-old Alaskan this week. Wasilla’s Barry […]
Danger trail
While Alaska begins the celebration leading up to the weekend kick off of the iconic Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, 64-year-old, musher Kirsten Bey is home recovering from serious injuries suffered after […]
Trouble magnet
The frozen feet of an unnamed Italian have the deadly legacy of writer John Krakauer once more back in the news. The Italian was one of five lucky to be rescued from […]
On thin ice
Twenty-three-year-old Alaska newcomer Nate Newland challenged the glacier gods on Sunday by venturing inside the westward migrating ice at the head of the Knik River; luckily he lived to tell about the […]
Government spin
stat A Utah man who became the subject of a dramatic story about his rescue from what was portrayed as near death in the wilds of Alaska earlier this month is now […]
Tech nearly kills
A New York man rescued after a week in the Alaska wilderness in 2016 is now blaming the whole affair on his sat phone and suing Globalstar, the company that runs the […]
Subtle dangers
CHITINA – Along the banks of the Copper River on Tuesday, many of those dipnetting salmon from the muddy waters raging south toward the Gulf of Alaska seemed well aware of the […]
Empowering tribes
Hoping to protect rural Alaska women from violence, the U.S. House of Representatives wants to establish “Indian Country” in the 49th state and grant Native tribes police powers over non-Natives on what […]
