Just when it looked like the old normal was returning to the far north after a couple of winters that left Alaskans wondering if serious winter warming was the new normal, […]
Last Great Race
Tough Iditarod Trail
deemed “unsafe”
Iditarod frets snow
With 14 inches of snow blanketing the Iditarod Trail at Puntilla Lake on the south side of the Alaska Range and 6- to 8-inches on the ground at Rohn on the north […]
AK flu is back
Fatigue? Headache? Chest discomfort? Maybe a sore throat and a runny nose? You just might have the flu. It has been spreading across Alaska’s urban core.
AK killer avalanche
A weekend avalanche in the Kenai Mountains near Cooper Landing that left one snowmachine rider dead might well have killed two if not for others in the area who came to […]
Don’t go outside!
With rain, wind and temperatures pushing into the 40s Thursday in the wake of a month of heavy snowfall, avalanche experts were warning Alaskans about how dangerous the weather can make it […]
Idita-Rod passes
UPDATED The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has lost its most benevolent fan, Anchorage Chrysler Dodge Jeep president Rod Udd. He was 78 years old and had been struggling with health issues […]
An Alaska life
In the photo posted by KTOO.org, a smiling “River Wind,” aka David Cornberg, is standing on a sandbar along the Yukon River with a short-barreled shotgun slung over his left shoulder, but […]
Danger mountains
A foot to three feet of new snow was blanketing Alaska’s Kenai, Chugach and Talkeetna mountains Saturday night, and it had bonded to almost nothing. That had avalanche dangers growing everywhere from […]
Death in Alaska
UPDATE: Travis’s body was recovered by a team of volunteers from Huslia Search and Rescue late Friday. They also reported that the blanket on which Travis had appeared to be resting […]
