Authorities believe that the brown bear that attacked and killed 44-year-old Eagle River resident Michael Soltis on Monday is the same bear that attacked a searcher on Wednesday morning while that man, was out with search parties attempting to locate missing hiker last seen on Monday. The injured searcher, Paul Vasquez, was one of three searchers walking down the trail […]
A new multiagency report outlines how the U.S. could become better prepared for near-Earth objects—asteroids and comets whose orbits come within 30 million miles of Earth—otherwise known as NEOs. While no known NEOs currently pose significant risks of impact, the report is a key step to addressing a nationwide response to any future risks. NASA, […]
U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his attacks Wednesday on the media and opposition Democrats for the way they are portraying his administration’s policy to split up migrant families as they illegally cross the southern U.S. border. Trump contended that the mainstream U.S. news outlets are “not mentioning the safety and security of our country when […]
Anchorage police are continuing to investigate a shooting that took the life of one and wounded another on the 6000-block of Austin Street on Monday afternoon. Police responded to an upstairs apartment at that location at 4 pm to discover one dead and one wounded and opened an investigation at the scene. They report that […]