The Funny River Road community has been under an evacuation order since 2 p.m.yesterday.
Outdoors
Juneau Memorial Day Observances
Two observances are scheduled in Juneau for Memorial Day
Update: Auke Bay harbor seal pup taken to Alaska SeaLife Center
Officials were worried for the pup’s safety with increased activity expected in the Auke Bay area over Memorial Day weekend.
Woods of Alaska stir after long slumber
When birch and aspen leaves are full, mosquitoes are thick and darkness is a memory, a half-dozen reaching, squeaking beaks will add to the fleeting population explosion that — for a few months — fills these acres with song.
Gardentalk – Composting
Horse manure is good for your compost bin, but no pet droppings
Funny River Fire continues into third day
The fire that started near Funny River Monday is still going strong. The fire has consumed more than 44,000 acres.
Kuskokwim Working Group grapples with fishwheels, threatened weirs, and confusion
New rules make managing a precarious king salmon run along 700 miles of river will be anything but simple.
British kayakers take on Aleutian Chain
For the past three years, a British woman has been trying to travel around the globe using only her own strength.
Ammo shortages still hampering rural subsistence hunters
Subsistence hunters are still struggling to find certain kinds of ammunition in the Bering Straits region.
Seismologist delivers cautionary notes about “The Big One”
“There’s a small danger in treating 1964 as an example of everything that can happen.”