Anchorage Police are investigating attempts to “ambush” law enforcement officers in Alaska’s largest city. But what exactly this means cannot be determined because police refuse to say what happened. “I apologize for […]
APD fearing “ambush”
Was it really a moose attack?
Fifty-year-old Fred Mayac may never be able to tell authorities what happened to him in Anchorage’s Campbell Creek Estuary Park in June where he was first thought to have been the victim […]
Reality news
Is it real, or is it “reality” news? You know, reality news as in “reality TV,” as in “it could be real, you know,” even if it probably isn’t. Can you say […]
Still no ID on mauling victim
June 13, 2016 UPDATE: The victim of the attack has now been identified by Anchorage Police as 50-year-old Fred Mayac of Anchorage. Mayac is an ivory carver who traces his family history […]
Near deadly bear attack
UPDATED – June 13, 2o16 Alaska bear attacks don’t come any stranger than this: The Anchorage Police Department is saying a seriously injured man who stumbled out of the woods in South […]
Moose birth video found
What began as a story about a moose cow and calf in the parking lot of a Lowe’s store in Anchorage has morphed into a troubling demonstration of the scientific ignorance of […]
Moose on rampage
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 […]
