WEIO Day 4: One last day to shine at Alaska ‘family reunion’
A ninja warrior talks about competing in his home state, and athletes get a shot at reaching new heights.
Day 3 of WEIO tests leaps, and the bounds of pain
The World Eskimo-Indian Olympics featured the two-foot high kick and the ear pull on its third day.
Photos: WEIO 2017
Athletes and fans from around Alaska converged on the Carlson Center on Wednesday as the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics got underway.
Day 2 of World Eskimo-Indian Olympics opens with powerful pulls
The 2017 World Eskimo-Indian Olympics runs through Saturday at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks.
Excitement builds as World Eskimo-Indian Olympics opens
Day 1 opens with song and ceremony as athletes converge in Fairbanks.
Photos: Salmon dipnetters converge at the mouth of the Kenai River
The popular personal-use fishery is getting underway this week at the mouth of the Kenai River.
With round-the-clock care and cuddles, an orphaned walrus starts to rebound
Alaska SeaLife Center workers are making the most of a rare opportunity with a walrus calf.
After a bear broke through a glass window into a sleeping boy’s bedroom, he and his mother tell the story
Zach Landis was uninjured, but days later his mother is still shocked by the animal intrusion.
‘Mom, Dad, there’s a bear in my room’: A broken window, a dark figure beside the bed
“My first reaction was, ‘You must be having a bad dream,' ” said Zach Landis' mother. The Anchorage 11-year-old whose room the black bear smashed into was unharmed.
Conference draws hundreds of African-American teen leaders to Anchorage
UAA is hosting the regional event for Jack and Jill of America, a national group that aims to foster leadership skills and instill a sense of civic duty.
The hunt for bear involved in mauling turns up empty
Video: Area biologist Dave Battle talks about the search near Bird Ridge.
Watch: After fatal mauling, ADF&G spokesman talks about Bird Ridge bear
Biologists and others search for bear involved in the fatal mauling on Bird Ridge.