Topic: Anchorage

2 wolves blamed in Alaska teacher's death killed

An Alaska Fish and Game spokeswoman says state officials have located and killed two of the wolves believed responsible for the death of a teacher who was killed while jogging alone along a rural village road. Blowing snow stymied earlier efforts to track the wolves near Chignik Lake on the ...
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Iditarod Sled Dog Race

Iditarod Sled Dog Race
Anchorage rookie musher Emil Churchin prepares to leave Takontna, Alaska on Friday, March 12, 2010 during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen) Copyright 2010  AP News
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Teacher killed by wolves in Alaska, police say

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A schoolteacher found dead this week near a remote Alaska village was probably killed by wolves, Alaska State Troopers said on Thursday. The fatal attack could be the first on U.S. soil in more than 50 years. Attacks by wild wolves, rather than wolves kept as ...
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Iditarod mushers get festive send-off for Nome trek

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Seventy-one mushers and their powerful sled dog teams got a festive send-off in downtown Anchorage on Saturday for a 10-mile ceremonial run that launched the fabled Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Cheering, well-bundled spectators lined the way as mushers made the untimed run from the snow-packed streets ...
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