[smartslider3 slider=5] Riley the wolf has died. She lived in the wild until almost the age of 11, which biologists call a remarkable feat. Wolves are lucky to live to 6. The female wolf, former leader of the once-mighty Riley Creek pack in Denali National Park, drowned in an open lead of the Nenana River […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — On Nov. 30, 2018, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake jolted Southcentral Alaska. In the temblor’s crosshairs was Alaska Air National Guard Senior Airman Liana Chythlook who had just reported to work. The intensity of the quake’s shockwaves rocked the building like a Dixie cup in a tornado. “I looked up, and […]
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 […]