UPDATE: Alaska State Troopers released the name of the man mauled and killed last week while clearing trail on his property as 46-year-old Daniel Shilling, of Hope. ORIGINAL: Alaska State Troopers revealed this morning that they were advised of a fatal bear mauling in the Hope area of the Chugach National Forest late on […]
The search for missing Nome hiker, Joseph Balderas will continue today, although the air asset, a chartered R44 helicopter has discontinued its search efforts as have the USCG helicopter that was diverted from its training mission in Kotzebue. Nearly two dozen ground searchers on foot and ATVs, as well as three dog teams from Fairbanks PAWS have […]
An airlift of of workers and guests from the Denali Backcountry Lodge was initiated and carried out on Thursday after flooding endangered the facility there. Bussing the refugees of the rising water became impossible after flooding in the Kantishna area closed the road and a landslide later closed access via the Eielson Visitors Center. The National […]