Eagle River

Hikers fear a favorite Chugach park trail has been ruined

The South Fork Trail in Eagle River has long been a beloved access point to Chugach State Park. So last summer, when visitors found an excavator churning earth on the trail as part of a "realignment project" by the state, the response was anger.

Eagle River man hospitalized after brown bear attack

A brown bear mauled an Eagle River man walking on a hiking trail near his home Saturday evening, leaving him with scalp injuries and claw marks on his back.

Neighbors band together to battle crime in Chugiak

Founded after a rash of burglaries in the South Birchwood area, the Birchwood Community Patrol provides a visible presence in the community that can keep an eye out for anything that seems out of place.

Blaze leaves firefighter's family homeless

One of the longest days of Ian Murphy's life began ordinarily enough, with a routine trip to Chugiak High to drop off the family's foreign exchange student.

Eagle River men charged with animal cruelty

Anchorage police arrested two residents of a home off Hanson Drive in Eagle River on Saturday after they found about 35 dogs and multiple cages of parakeets in the feces-filled house.

Photos: Animal cruelty arrests

Snow chokes Glenn Highway to one lane at Arctic Valley

A dump of snow topping a foot in some areas bedeviled Anchorage drivers as Alaska's biggest city got a taste of the continuing blizzard that residents of Prince William Sound have dubbed "The Snowpocalypse."

Anchorage streets squeezed, sidewalks vanish in snow

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Chugiak administrator blamed for football error transferred

The Chugiak High School assistant principal whose administrative error cost the school's football team three victories and a spot in the playoffs has been transferred to a non-administrative job at another high school, Anchorage School District superintendent Carol Comeau said Tuesday.

Anchorage motorcyclist dies after Glenn Highway crash

An Anchorage motorcyclist died Saturday after wrecking his bike about 12:45 p.m. in the median of the Glenn Highway south of Eagle River, police said.

Trooper charged with DUI in unmarked state vehicle

An Alaska state trooper has been charged with drunken driving nearly two months after, police say, he drove a state-owned SUV into two vehicles in Eagle River and fled after one of the crashes.

Police investigate trooper after minor collision in Eagle River

Chugiak plane crash kills all five members of family aboard

Five members of a family, including three children, were killed Friday when a small plane crashed and burned on railroad tracks near the Birchwood Airport in Chugiak, officials said. Police said the five all came from the same family: pilot Lonn Greiner, 46, of Eagle River, his three children and his 69-year-old mother, Carolyn Greiner.

Snowmachiner rescued from Nelchina Glacier crevasse

A short walk on Nelchina Glacier near Eureka Saturday turned into a seven-hour ordeal 60 feet deep in a crevasse for Eagle River resident David Joerg, 54, after he fell through a thin ice bridge.

Judge lowers bail for soldier accused in fatal gunplay

An Anchorage judge Wednesday lowered bail for a Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson soldier charged with manslaughter in the death of his friend, who police said shot himself while the two played Russian roulette March 6.

Soldier killed in Russian roulette game was 8-year vet

The soldier killed early Sunday playing what Anchorage police say was a game of Russian roulette was a sergeant with more than eight years of service who served two tours of duty in Iraq, the Army said Tuesday.

Police: Drinking led to Russian roulette death

Police: Drinking led to Russian roulette death

One of the soldiers who engaged in a deadly game of Russian roulette after a weekend of drinking told police that his buddy at first said he hated the game and wouldn't play. Jason D. Brouch, 25, has been charged with second-degree murder.

Russian roulette shooting brings murder charge

Russian roulette shooting brings murder charge

Police have charged a soldier with second-degree murder in the shooting death of another soldier at an Eagle River home early Sunday. The men were playing Russian roulette, police said.

Statement from Anchorage police on Eagle River shooting death

Military ranges will rumble for select days

Eagle River and Chugiak area residents can expect an increase of noise from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's firing ranges.

Mortars will boom next week, causing noise level increase

Anchorage, Eagle River and Chugiak area residents can expect an increase of noise from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's firing ranges from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Wednesday.

Prestigious fellowship goes to Alaska guardsman

He's only 38, but already Eagle River resident and Alaska Army National Guard Maj. Wayne Don chairs a Native corporation and heads a program linking Guard members with their Mongolian counterparts.

Cigarettes suspected in house fire in Eagle River

A home at 9814 Gravina Circle in Eagle River was extensively damaged by a fire early Saturday. No one was injured.

Student arrested after crash on Glenn

A high school student was arrested Wednesday after two people were injured when a vehicle hit a light pole at the outbound Glenn Highway Hiland Drive exit, Anchorage police said.

Glenn Highway rollover kills Eagle River boy, 6

A 6-year-old boy was killed when a pickup carrying a mother and four children flipped down an embankment Sunday on the Glenn Highway north of Anchorage, police say.