The Lubeznik Center for the Arts is featuring "Woodturned Sculptures Too," an exhibit of lathe-shaped art from Oct. 7 to 29 at the Lubeznik Center for the Arts, 101 W. 2nd St. The works of exhibitors from Canada, England, France, Germany and New Zealand will be shown.
Dale and Charlene Hansen hauled their camper to this part of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge to get away from noise, and one of the lonely sounds in the campground one day last week was the welcome cry of a black bear cub.
In the woods at the end of South Cushman Street, a group of people took a major step toward changing it from an unofficial trash dump and haven for crime to a place for swimming, boating, fishing, picnicking, jogging, skiing and bird-watching.
Holland America Line offers 29 different CruiseTours visiting legendary Glacier Bay and Denali National Park plus beautiful regions as remote as the Arctic, as colorful as the Klondike Trail and as charming as Homer at the tip of the Kenai Peninsula.
HIBBING — Each year thousands of people across the world make Hibbing their destination of travel. The trend continued this summer as visitors explored the community and its many features.
HOMER, Alaska -- The sound of bark being stripped from a fallen tree echoed across the secluded cove in Peterson Bay. On the rocky beach, a black bear was hard at work, tearing pieces from a fallen tree and feasting on them. Framed by a backdrop of lush mountains, the animal was oblivious to the presence of its audience.
The long dark drive was interrupted as the road construction flagman held up a stop sign to allow the huge gravel-truck to cross the road. It had been over twelve hours since leaving from the north central interior of Alaska and heading for the southern coast.
Washington County is blessed with birds -- and places to see them. Fall, especially, is prime viewing time, as migratory birds cruise through on the Pacific Flyway, a north-south avian freeway that extends from Alaska to Patagonia.
