Kodiak, Alaska — September 23–25, 2025 — The Alaska Outdoor Alliance, together with co-presenters Koniag, Inc. and Island Trails Network, invites changemakers from across Alaska to the 10th Annual Confluence Summit, an immersive, hybrid “unconference” designed to co-create a 10-year regenerative vision for Alaska’s outdoors. With Alaska’s $3.2 billion outdoor recreation economy at a crossroads—facing […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On Friday, an Anchorage jury convicted 34-year-old Brian Steven Smith of two counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the First Degree and two counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree. On Aug. 30, 2020, an 11-year-old girl called 911 to report that Smith, had been sexually […]
Early on Tuesday morning in Kenai a 36-year-old woman was jogging 50 yards from her home near Chinook Drive when she was attacked by a bear. She was seriously injured in the attack between 5:00 AM and 5:30 AM. According to the report, the bear emerged from a nearby property, attacking her and dragging her […]
[content id=”79272″] (Anchorage, AK) — Last week, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Pro-Tem Patrick McKay, Sr., sentenced Chue Yang, 37, to serve 35 years in jail for the murder of his wife Nancy Xiong. On Nov. 3, 2019, just after midnight, Chue Yang called a family member to report that his wife, Nancy, was dead. The […]
