A female hiker lost her life in the Teklanika River along the Stampede Trail near Healy on last Thursday AST reports. According to the trooper report, they were notified just before midnight on Thursday by 24-year-old Piotr Markielau that his wife, 24-year-old Veranika Nikanava, had been swept away and drowned in the river. At […]
As I was driving down the highway, I saw a shaggy, gray-black canine cruising along on the snowpack, right next to the road. Could it be one of the hardest animals to spot in Alaska, a wolf? Yes. I pulled over and stopped. The wolf padded along the treeline, getting closer. A few things stood […]
Once again, another person was rescued from the location of the “Magic Bus” on the Stampede Trail 20 miles from the Parks Highway, troopers reported on Thursday. It was reported on the trooper dispatch that a call came in at 6 am reporting the activation of a personal locator beacon registered to 22-year-old Matthew Sharp of […]