The massive Kaskawulsh Glacier in northern Canada has retreated about a mile up its valley over the past century. Last spring, its retreat triggered a geologic event at relatively breakneck speed. The toe of ice that was sending meltwater toward the Slims River and then north to the Bering Sea retreated so far that the […]
An Anchorage man was reported missing after he failed to return from a trip to his cabin in the Skwentna area on Monday. 66-year-old Danny Maroney had set out on what was to be a day-long snow machine trip to the Skwentna area early Monday morning. He was slated to return back home to Anchorage […]
YUKON FLATS — Out here, in a smooth plain stretching over Alaska’s wrinkled face, water and tree and mud dissolve to fuzz at each horizon. No hills or bumps. An ocean of sky. An observer once said Yukon Flats looks like a place where God forgot to put something. Garrett Jones and I are camped […]
A deceased 74-year-old Soldotna man was recovered from the Delta River on Wednesday evening, troopers reported. Troopers received a report of a man in the Delta River at 2:54 pm on Wednesday. State and Wildlife Troopers, the Fort Greely Fire Department, the Rural Deltana Fire Department, Alaska Wildlife Trooper Helo-5 and Army Black Rapids Training […]