DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska –Mountaineering rangers on Mt. McKinley recovered the bodies of four deceased climbers from two different incidents. Inese Pučeka, Vija Olte, and Renārs Kunigs-Salaks of Latvia were among a seven-member climbing team involved in a fall near Denali Pass at approximately 18,200 feet on May 28. Rangers recovered their bodies […]
DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE — A National Park Service employee on a climbing patrol died around 2 p.m. Thursday after falling into a crevasse near 14,000 Foot Camp on Mount McKinley. The ranger was identified as Robin Pendery of Enumclaw, Wash.; a seasonal mountaineering ranger assigned to Denali National Park and Preserve. Pendery […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – Tuesday, Acting Attorney General Cori Mills announced a settlement over fake gold quartz that was advertised as both from Alaska (false) and gold quartz (false). Acting Attorney General Mills emphasized that these types of actions are not only bad for consumers who believe they are getting an authentic Alaskan product but it […]
(Fairbanks, AK) –On May 28, 2026, Superior Court Judge Bennett sentenced Endeavor Ryan Riley to 70 years with 30 suspended for the Murder in the Second Degree. In the early morning hours of April 23, 2023, Riley, an active-duty soldier stationed at Fort Wainwright, beat and strangled his wife, Kayla Kugtsun, killing her at their […]