‘It’s been rough on all of us in a lot of different ways’: Cooper Landing grapples with its third straight difficult summer
After the poor salmon runs in 2018, and a wildfire in 2019, the Kenai Peninsula town caught no break this year.
Visual Stories
A close look: Bears fish for salmon on the Kenai River
Fish and Game officials urge caution to keep wildlife from associating people with food.
Anchorage hatchery’s egg take sparks a new life cycle for king salmon
Fertilization occurs in roughly one minute, after a light saline solution mixed with water gets added to a bucket containing eggs and milt, or sperm from the male salmon.
Car parade rolls through Anchorage senior housing community
Decorated vehicles bring happiness to seniors in isolation due to COVID-19.
Photos: Dipnetting during a pandemic
Some salmon catchers were wearing masks this week at the mouth of the Kenai River, but mostly it was situation normal for the popular annual opening.
Photos: Best of July 2020
Here are some of our favorite images of life in Anchorage and Southcentral Alaska from Anchorage Daily News photojournalists and contributing photographers.
Alaska business strip serving Denali National Park tourists is missing its glitter this season
Many businesses in Glitter Gulch along the Parks Highway are closed, but there are signs of optimism for a return to normal next year.
With Arctic Thunder 2020 canceled, JBER puts on small show for first responders
Around 100 "COVID Heroes" got a up-close view of an F-22 demonstration flight
4-25 ‘Spartan Brigade’ battalions welcome new leaders at JBER
All five battalions constituting the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division welcomed new leaders Thursday.
Photos: Best of June 2020
The best photos of life in Anchorage and Southcentral Alaska from Anchorage Daily News photojournalists and contributing photographers.
Photos: An emotional day of protests on Anchorage streets
Two rallies drew large crowds in downtown and Midtown in the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minnesota.
Photos: Best of May 2020
Some of our favorite images of life in Anchorage and across Alaska from Anchorage Daily News photojournalists and contributing photographers.
Vic Fischer celebrates 96th birthday
A line of well-wishers drove past the last living delegate to the Alaska Constitutional Convention
Ceremony in downtown Anchorage honors victims of violent crime
The annual Victims for Justice tree ceremony was livestreamed this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a time of social distancing, Anchorage families delight in neighborhood teddy bear hunts
Walkers young and old are counting teddy bears in windows throughout the city.
Photos: Alaska life in the age of COVID-19
Scenes from around Anchorage of an altered reality.
