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Eagle River author Deb Vanasse relaxes out on the deck of her Hiland Road house.

Kuskokwim River villagers say they accepted early summer fishing restrictions that cost them a chance at treasured king salmon in order to boost the struggling run.

A memorial dedication ceremony was held on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, near the site along the Glenn Highway where APD Officer Justin Wollam was killed while responding to a call of reports of a drunk and reckless driver on July 9, 2001.

Two black bear cubs play on the bike trail as their mother walks along the trail near Goose Lake in Anchorage on Thursday, July 17, 2014.

Just about anyone can walk into a brewery and - if the staff isn't busy and they are asked nicely - a tour might be in order.

WASHINGTON, July 23, 2014 -- As Americans celebrate National Hot Dog Day today, new National Hot Dog and Sausage Council survey data reveals that mustard will be the go-to topping.

Earlier this week Secretary Tom Perez visited facilities in Fairbanks and south-central Alaska.

The Alaska Democratic Party is getting a boost from a group in Washington, D.C., that's dedicated to preserving the Democrats' fragile majority in the U.S. Senate.

As a little girl, Robin McAllistar used to pretend she was Laura Ingalls Wilder from the "Little House on the Prairie" books.

A California man was convicted in federal court on Monday for his part in a methamphetamine trafficking scheme in Anchorage, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office news release.

Former Bethel foster parent Peter Tony will spend the rest of his life in prison.

With the state's big vote over the oil-tax cut approaching, the next public debate on the topic will take place Wednesday night in Anchorage, with a video of the event available later for those who can't attend.

Three bicyclists have been killed by vehicles in Anchorage this year. The most recent was Fifty-one-year-old Jeff Dusenbury, who was hit by a pickup truck in South Anchorage Saturday.

In Brevig Mission, search for missing man halted: Alaska State Troopers suspended their participation in a search Monday for a 21-year-old man from Brevig Mission.

1996 - Death of John Kevin Moorhouse, British test pilot; he died in the crash of a de Havilland Mosquito during an air show in England.

Sam Scotchmer and Tasha Folsom on Saturday once again stamped their dominance on the Alpine Adventure Run in Sitka, with Scotchmer winning the men's race for the fifth straight year and Folsom regaining the women's record.

A Dog Blog reader emailed me a while back lamenting the fact that most vets don't make house calls for euthanasia.

At 5:20 a.m., troopers got a call about "injured people" in the home, according to a Monday trooper dispatch.

It's 1 a.m., and the dim glow of the sun just peaks over the horizon at Potter Marsh, a popular bird watching spot in South Anchorage.