Water giants washing away the walls of Canyon Creek/Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area “The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break […]
Resilience
Blown away
The cliffs above the Seward Highway along Turnagain Arm just east of Alaska’s largest city were coming apart on Saturday as December rains and wind swept into Southcoastal Alaska. The Anchorage […]
Danger times
Just about this time last year, the Kenai Mountains claimed the life of 29-year-old Tyler Kloos in an avalanche, and on Thursday Chugach National Forest Service officials were warning of danger building again […]
The upside
Almost a week before a 7.0 earthquake shook Alaska’s urban core to the tune of tens of millions of dollars in damage, lit up social media, and caught the attention of the […]
Double the danger
TURNAGAIN ARM – As if the danger of pedestrians being hit by speeding cars on the busy Seward Highway wasn’t enough, the Alaska Department of Transportation says that what has come to […]
Road trip!
can SEWARD HIGHWAY – Not much can beat a road trip across the nation’s wildest state to lift the spirits. Where Alaska rates on the overall scenery-scale is debatable, but it’s certainly […]
The places we go 2
The Alaska Railroad was reporting a temperature of 8 degrees below zero at the head of Turnagain Arm east of Anchorage at 9 a.m. on Saturday. Doug O’Harra pointed this out […]
The danger season
With darkness fast closing in, the rescue of an injured skier was underway in Turnagain Pass southeast of Anchorage late Wednesday afternoon, but it was unclear whether the injuries had occurred in […]
Beautiful evening disaster
The woman killed by a semi-truck along the Seward Highway Tuesday evening was a former Minnesotan and lover of Alaska who took great joy in posting photos of her adopted state on […]
