Associated Press

Bear numbers in Kodiak improve after decline

A recently completed study shows that southwest Kodiak’s bear population is on the rise after seeing a significant drop in 2010. KMXT reports the bears were studied through a partnership between the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge and the University of Montana. Will Deacy and his colleagues studied several streams in southwest Kodiak over a four-year…

Search launched for missing Nome hiker

A ground and aerial search is underway for a missing 36-year-old Nome man. Alaska State Troopers say they were notified Monday morning after Joseph Balderas failed to show up for work. State officials say Balderas works as a law clerk for the Alaska court system in Nome. Troopers say Balderas’ vehicle was found around the…

Man injured in afternoon shooting at Anchorage park

A shooting Sunday afternoon at a midtown Anchorage park left a man with a bullet wound to his back. Anchorage police say a 39-year-old man just before 2:30 p.m. was sitting on a bench with a woman in Arctic Benson Park on west 31st Avenue. A man walked up and the men exchanged words. Police…

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