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From Barrow to the Big Cities: The story behind two orphan walruses

From Barrow to the Big Cities: The story behind two orphan walruses

The whole story behind Mitik and Patak’s rescue

Open house tonight on Aurora Harbor rebuild proposal

Open house tonight on Aurora Harbor rebuild proposal

The City and Borough of Juneau’s Docks and Harbor’s Department will hold an open house tonight (Wednesday) at the Juneau Yacht Club to get public input on a proposed rebuild of Aurora Harbor.

King crab season lures fisherman, tv crews

King crab season lures fisherman, tv crews

The Bering Sea’s most famous fishery is underway.

State plans to cull wood bison herd

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says it will cull 10 older wood bison bulls from the herd kept at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center in Portage.

UPDATED: Man dead after bear mauling near Sitka

UPDATED: Man dead after bear mauling near Sitka

Authorities are searching southern Chichagof Island, near Sitka, for the brown bear or bears believed to be responsible in the fatal mauling of a Sitka man over the weekend.

Two orphaned walruses head to zoos in the Lower 48

Mitik and Patak are each heading to new homes at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium and Indianapolis Zoo.

Minor quake felt in Juneau, Skagway

Minor quake felt in Juneau, Skagway

An earthquake was felt in Alaska’s capital city Thursday morning

Forest Service schedules Wrangell timber sales

The U.S. Forest Service says three small timber sales have been scheduled for Wrangell and Zarembo islands in southeast Alaska.

No surprise: September wetter than normal

No surprise: September wetter than normal

Twenty-seven of 30 days in September were rainy in the capital city, according to the National Weather Service.

Garbage browsing bruin relocated

Black bear given another chance after it’s MIA for years and then reappears in Juneau.