Don’t panic Anchorage. The moose in the city’s most popular urban park have not declared war on their human neighbors. The Big Wild Life has not spun out of control. What at […]
AK avalanche dangers linger
At a time when few people are worrying about the danger of avalanche in the nearby wilderness that surrounds the 49th state’s urban core, the Chugach National Forest is worrying about the […]
Dog death description only brings more questions
News analysis Anchorage dog shooter Jason Mellerstig has now given a partial account of the events leading up to the killing of a neighbor’s Labrador retriever in her yard in […]
The new normal?
The temperature in Anchorage, Alaska on Sunday hit 51 degrees. It was not a new high, but it came close, missing a tie with the historic record by only a degree. The […]
U.S. Navy’s Arctic perimeter
The U.S. Navy staged a war game in America’s forgotten ocean last month. If you missed it, don’t feel alone. Despite a lot of talk about the bright future for the […]
Moose hunter’s victory
Alaska moose hunter John Sturgeon won a major victory over the National Park Service Tuesday in a lawsuit that could have implications far beyond his use of a hovercraft in the Yukon-Charley […]
Free snow for some
Somebody got snowed. That free and now famous Alaska Railroad snow shipped from Fairbanks to Anchorage for the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race only to go unused? There’s a […]
Near death on Iditarod Trail
An Iditarod hiker is lucky to be alive after an ice bridge across the Tatitna River collapsed Friday dumping him into frigid, fast-moving waters over his head, according to reports emerging from […]
Global warming reprieve?
As the day draws close for the start of Alaska’s biggest winter sporting event — the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race — the National Weather Service is promising a climatic shift back […]
Iditacyclist nears victory
Photo: Tim Bernston on his way to ITI victory UPDATE: Tim Bernston arrived in McGrath at 1:45 p.m. on March 1 to win the Invitational. He became only the fourth cyclist to […]