Outdoors

It’s fairly unusual for an Alaskan guide to get a prison sentence for violating wildlife laws.

After garlic is harvested, it can be cured by hanging in a warm, dry place with good air circulation for a few weeks.

This weekend’s rain event is the result of an atmospheric river — a long, fat column of moisture aloft that looks a lot like a river in satellite imagery.

The system includes two rivers and 70 lakes, stretching deep into protected refuge lands on the central Kenai Peninsula.

Andrew Simmonds is 60 years old. The farthest he’d ever swum was two miles in a pool.

It’s the second backcountry rescue in the Ketchikan area in less than a week.