(Soldotna) – In late September and early October 2025, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) translocated 19 Sitka black-tailed deer (14 does and 5 bucks) from Sitkinak Island to the south end of the Kenai Peninsula near Port Chatham. Deer were held in a soft release pen for a short time and monitored […]
On Tuesday, at about 2:40 p.m., a bear attack involving an adult female near Bells Flats was reported to Kodiak police. Alaska State Troopers and EMS personnel responded to the area. According to a preliminary investigation, the woman had been walking her dog alongside a salmon stream when she came upon a sow bear with […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — At the request of the Alaska State Troopers, Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued an injured hiker from steep terrain in the Hatcher Pass area, approximately 40 miles north of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Aug. 18, 2026. When the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center received the request for assistance, […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – In coordination with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G), the Municipality of Anchorage Department of Parks and Recreation and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are temporarily closing several trails in Far North Bicentennial Park and the BLM Campbell Tract as a precautionary measure due to heightened bear activity. Trail closures […]