When Travis Beals was in elementary school he would dream about the Iditarod as the current standings were read aloud before the day's lessons began. Often Beals would think about the arctic adventures of Martin Buser and his team of sled dogs.
Sat, 04/20/2013 - 7:56pmBOSTON (AP) — They gathered in silence on Boylston Street, just three blocks away from the chaos and carnage caused by twin bombings four days earlier. Some were crying. Boston University student Aaron Wengertsman, 19, wrapped himself in an American flag. He was on the marathon route a mile from ...
Sat, 04/20/2013 - 9:18am
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — For just a few minutes, it seemed as if the dragnet that had shut down a metropolitan area of millions while legions of police went house to house looking for the suspected Boston Marathon bomber had failed. Weary officials lifted a daylong order that had kept residents in...
Sat, 04/20/2013 - 9:00am
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — A 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody Friday evening after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralyzed and his older brother and accomplice dead. Police announced via Twitter that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was in custody. ...
Fri, 04/19/2013 - 5:25pm
WATERTOWN, Mass. — The two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing killed an MIT police officer and hurled explosives at police in a car chase and gun battle overnight that left one of them dead and his brother on the run, authorities said Friday as thousands of officers swarmed the streets in a m...
Fri, 04/19/2013 - 8:26am
In October 2009, Soldotna's Art Karvonen went to a Kenai River Brown Bears game planning to sit in the stands and watch, just like any fan.
Thu, 04/18/2013 - 9:17pm
Alaska Department of Fish and Game managers released a series of emergency orders Thursday restricting early run king salmon fishing on the Kasilof and in lower Cook Inlet streams and marine waters.
Thu, 04/18/2013 - 9:17pmWATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — A tense night of police activity that left a university officer dead on campus just days after the Boston Marathon bombings and amid a hunt for two suspects caused officers to converge on a neighborhood outside Boston, where residents heard gunfire and explosions. The chao...
Thu, 04/18/2013 - 11:17pmAn accomplice in the murder of an Anchor Point man last summer pleaded guilty last week to federal drug and weapons charges. Appearing before U.S.
Thu, 04/18/2013 - 9:18pmKenai City Council finalized and approved its comprehensive plan following an about three-hour discussion on its amendments at a Wednesday night council meeting. Now the plan is headed for the Kenai Peninsula Borough for final approval.
Thu, 04/18/2013 - 9:16pm
