Inclement weather and lack of runway lights has delayed troopers and Alaska Department of Fish and Game officers from responding to Wales to investigate a fatal polar bear attack that took the lives of two on Tuesday. The village was rocked by the attack on Tuesday afternoon when a polar bear entered the small, Inupiaq […]
DENALI PARK, Alaska – A 55-year-old man from Indiana is in stable condition Tuesday morning after a bear attack in Denali National Park and Preserve. The visitor, who had been hiking alone when the attack took place, was treated for puncture wounds to his calf, left ribs, and left shoulder by medical providers who were […]
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrew rescued the survivor of a bear attack, near Nome, Friday. The helicopter crew embarked the individual and transported him to awaiting Emergency Medical Service personnel waiting in Nome. While flying from Kotzebue to Nome, the aircrew observed an SOS sign on top of a shack. Upon […]
Soldotna-based Alaska Wildlife Troopers responded to Cooper Landing after being notified of bear attack at that location at 7:38 on Sunday evening. AWT opened a preliminary investigation that would find that a hiker and his border collie encountered a sow with two cubs along the Kenai River Trail and the canine chased the bears. The […]