GLENNALLEN, ALASKA — On Saturday, October 10, 2026, the Copper Valley Electric Association (CVEA) brought a little extra fall magic to the Copper River Basin with its annual Pumpkin Patch …
Although I am a lover of Fairbanks, I am not particularly in love with mid-October Fairbanks. Fall’s yellow, shimmering leaves are now browning and dissolving underfoot, and my garden is crisped …
Glennallen, AK – The Copper River Valley Regional Planning Organization (CRV-RPO) invites public review and comment on its draft Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). The LRTP serves as …
October on the Nizina River brings the late run of silver salmon, and with it comes sgulak, the bald eagle. Most of the eagles we see here are young, and I wonder whether they are out exploring a less ideal habitat than the coast. This one is probably in its third year, since its head is pale with a dark line through the eye, its bill and eye are turning yellow, and its brown body is still mottled with white. Bald eagles do not reach full adult plumage until about age five. What I enjoyed most was watching how it handled the fish. It drove the talons of its left foot through the salmon’s head, which left the fish impaled and easy to carry off. In Ahtna: Sgulak, bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus. In Ahtna, sgulak means bald eagle.
Over 26 years ago, my friend Ned Rozell wrote about a startling new deformity seen in Alaska’s black-capped chickadees: “In 1991, a man living in King Salmon noticed three black-capped …
While taking a quick shower before her son’s fourth birthday party on Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami scientist Elena Troshina heard the phone ring. Deciding it was worth jumping out, she picked it up — …
Visitors can once again safely access Root Glacier in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve using a newly established trail reroute. National Park Service employees, with assistance from …
October is Down syndrome awareness month. In support of those around us who have Down Syndrome (DS), disabilities, and special needs, I reached out to both regional resources as well as state …
At this month’s October School Board meeting at the Kenny Lake School, superintendent Theresa Laville informed the board a routine sprinkler inspection revealed a critical infrastructure issue for …
What fits in a school gymnasium, contains the entire universe, and is coming to the Copper River Basin this fall? The University of Alaska Geophysical Institute Portable Planetarium! WISE …
As Halloween draws near, it might interest the reader to learn that actor Boris Karloff, famous for playing Frankenstein's Monster in the Universal Studios classic film Frankenstein (1931), visited …
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