Video: In Anchorage, a lesson on how to use bear spray
"This is your last tool that you're going to have on you to save your life," said Eric Stuart, one of the bear safety class instructors.
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Summer’s silver lining: Bird, Ship and Campbell creeks open to coho fishing
Pink, chum and king salmon are also available to anglers on some of the urban waterways.
Video: Floatplane crashes into Anchorage house
No one was injured when a floatplane crashed into a house near Lake Hood on Sunday afternoon.
Archery class at Kincaid Park
Learn to shoot bow and arrow
Video: Celebrating the Fourth of July in Anchorage
Invisible dogs, inflatable balloons and incredible dancing take over the Delaney Park Strip in celebration of the Fourth of July.
Photos: 2017 Mount Marathon Race
The 2017 Mount Marathon races were run under cloudy skies and damp conditions.
Photos: Best of July
Here are some favorite moments Alaska Dispatch News photographers and contributors captured in July.
Video: Scenes from Houston, Alaska’s fireworks capital
Meet the people who go to Mat-Su to buy fireworks year after year. Their purchases range from a handful of sparklers to $1,000 worth of pyrotechnics.
Photos: Anchorage Market and Festival
Downtown market
Justin Doll promoted to Anchorage police chief
Doll replaces Chris Tolley, who had announced his retirement just a year and a half after he was sworn in as chief.
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.
Alaska’s LGBT community celebrates 40 years of pride
In 1977, LGBT Alaskans wore bags over their heads to hide their identities while marching. On Saturday, two openly gay elected officials served as the Alaska Pride parade's grand marshals.
Photos: Arctic terns raise a chick at Potter Marsh
Whether it's time to feed or flap its wings, an Arctic tern chick gets a boost from some watchful adult terns.
Photos: Father’s Day Rodeo in Anchorage
Cowboys and cowgirls competed in the annual Father's Day Rodeo at the William Clark Chamberlin Equestrian Center in Anchorage Sunday.
Video: Slam'n Salm'n Derby
Fishing for the largest king salmon in Anchorage's Ship Creek.
Black bears visit Moose Run Golf Course and Arctic Valley Road
Sows, boars and cubs are spotted in the woods east of Anchorage.
On opening day, vying for reds on the upper Kenai River
Anglers took advantage of good weather on Sunday to harvest fish from the first run of sockeye salmon.
Photos: 75th-anniversary commemoration of the bombing of Dutch Harbor
Dutch Harbor, Alaska, was bombed during World War II 75 years ago. Veterans and dignitaries joined residents there for a three-day commemoration last weekend.
Photos: Best of June 2017
ADN photographers and contributors provide glimpses of life around Alaska.
Riding competition season begins with Anchorage horse show
The Alaska State Quarter Horse Association is hosting a three-day event at the Chamberlin Equestrian Center.