Western

It was the summer of 1996 when William Young — an Alaskan fond of wilderness and solitude — survived an attack by a brown bear.

The Stebbins Community Association decided to put the village in lockdown until it goes 14 days without a positive case.

The pilot was able to regain control of the plane with the help of passengers, who pulled the man out of the cockpit.

Power Cost Equalization, or PCE, lowers the cost of electricity in rural Alaska to make it comparable to more urban areas like Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau.

The word “confusion” came up a lot in a meeting with state and federal managers to describe the state’s June 28 Kuskokwim River opening.

The community originally expected to have the portable water plant months ago.