The blood-curdling scream that shook the Knik River valley left no doubt about the violence of the accident Steve Kosterman had just witnessed. Only hours after setting out on a moose hunt in late September, all thoughts of hunting were gone. All Kosterman could think about now was what he needed to do to save Kidder.
An Anchorage woman fled on foot in flip-flops through a dark jungle early Friday morning to escape a group who had kidnapped her hours earlier in Zihuatanejo, Mexico. She escaped using survival savvy learned from growing up in Alaska and hunting bears and moose in the wilderness, her family said.
Donata and Harvey Zartman of Anchorage celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary July 15 at St. Patrick's Parish. A small dinner celebration was held Feb. 1 in Anchorage. They were married Feb. 1, 1956, in Fairbanks.
FAIRBANKS — Just as the Fairbanks forecast hints at the first snow of the season, I’m off to 100 degree heat. But I expect heat on this assignment in more ways than just the ambient temperature.
As a toddler, Corey Cogdell knew how to handle a shotgun. She could hit a spruce hen from 75 yards, a tin can from 50. As an adult, she's aiming to show the world just how talented of a markswoman she is at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games.
More than 50 Alaska Natives carried signs and walked the sidewalks through an early-morning drizzle Saturday in downtown Anchorage, protesting Board of Game proposals that would radically overhaul the popular Nelchina caribou hunt.
It's nearly midnight on a Friday as a restless, well-lubricated crowd at the Beta Bar on Railroad Avenue teeters on the verge of mutiny. The mood brightens when a heavily bearded Damon Victor takes the stage a few minutes after midnight.
Thu, October 5, 2006 October great for outdoors activities By JEFF MORRISON With the moose season and deer bow-hunt under way and some of the best angling of the year to be had, October is the ultimate month for hunting and fishing. Regardless of whether you're a bow, rifle, shotgun or muzzle-leader enthusiast, or an avid cold water angler, October is the month for you. I'll have to admit that,
Alaska's next governor will inherit some sticky questions: Does the state really want the so-called "bridges to nowhere?" Is it OK to keep shooting wolves from airplanes? On Wednesday, the three leading candidates for the job gave some answers.
