Anchorage witnessed its first bear attack on Sunday, but details are sketchy. Update: The Anchorage Police Department has yet to provide any details on what it described as a “bear attack” […]
Bear attack
Not so Lucky
UPDATE: The Wasilla Police Department late Friday issued a short statement affirming that a thorough investigation of the dog attack reported here had been undertaken, and that “citations are expected to […]
Bears everywhere
The SARS-CoV-2 virus might have upended the world, but in Alaska’s largest city, some things haven’t changed. Summer is back and along with it the bears. They are seemingly everywhere, though […]
Baiting bears
A freezer full of rotten meat dumped along an Anchorage Hillside road, a family of hungry grizzly bears, and a motorcyclist stopping to pee along the road….what could possibly go wrong? Everything, […]
Killer bear dead
The bear that killed 16-year-old runner Patrick “Jack” Cooper is believed to be among one of four bears the Alaska Department of Fish and Game shot and killed in the Chugach […]
Three bears & more
Bears, bears, bears have jammed up plans for new mountain bike trails in Anchorage’s Far North Bicentennial Park despite widespread public acceptance. Single Track Advocates, a cycle-trail building group, was doing well […]
Bear steals lunch
Young Seward resident injured in encounter This much is known for certain about a Wednesday close encounter between 18-year-old Seward, Alaska resident Kyle Hubbard and a black bear: Hubbard has a broken […]
New AK bear attacks
UPDATED NOV. 4 – Authorities in Soldotna are now admitting they’re skeptical of a report of a bear mauling near the confluence of the Kenai and Funny rivers earlier this week. A […]
Bear maulings peak
The big, brown bears of coastal Alaska have yet to enter hibernation, but already the 49th state appears to have tied the previous annual record for bear maulings. A Thursday attack in […]
Bear attack update
Just days after residents of a subdivision just outside of Seward, Alaska, came under fire for killing a grizzly bear and cubs that appeared a danger to people, the shop teacher from […]
