This spring, federal funding uncertainty meant that trail work on some of those beloved trails could have been deferred. Now, the situation is more hopeful: trail workers have their jobs back, and funding may still come.
Outdoors
Juneau is getting a new city-owned public use cabin
The new cabin will be a short hike beyond the existing Amalga cabin.
One branch at a time: 2025 Herring Egg Harvest
Alaska Natives celebrate spring by eating and sharing eggs across the state.
This Iditarod musher is racing with mostly rescue dogs from Alaska shelters
Justin Olnes’ team isn’t leading the pack this year, but the musher says he’s on a mission to showcase all the talent and potential that was previously hidden away in Alaska’s shelters.
Juneau nonprofit aims to hire fired Forest Service staff to maintain local trails, if it can raise the money
The plan would allow skilled trail workers to continue their work this summer, after half of the Forest Service trail crews were fired last month by the Trump administration.
3 heli-skiers killed in avalanche near Girdwood, troopers say
The skiers were caught in a slide Tuesday afternoon near the west fork of the Twentymile River, which buried them “between 40 feet and nearly 100 feet deep.”