Andrew Simmonds, age 61, is the first person in living memory to try to swim across the sound. Last summer he got close, but he didn’t quite make it.
Outdoors
Surfers in Turnagain Arm catch the country’s longest wave: ‘It’s trippy’
“We might only get two waves a day,” Pete Beachy says. “But we might be able to ride for four or six miles.”
Dunleavy nixes Alaska e-bike bill with rare veto as sponsor says she will seek override
It’s only the fourth policy bill vetoed by Dunleavy in his first five years as governor.
Skagway’s music festival has a special guest this year: a giant fiberglass potato.
A giant potato has been traveling around the country for 11 years, and is coming to Alaska for the first time this weekend, heading to Skagway in Southeast Alaska. The outsized tater may be a promotional scheme by the Idaho Potato Commission, but Skagway is embracing the weirdness and rolling out the red carpet. There is…
Yamaha will stop selling snowmachines in North America
The company said it aimed to grow its business through more environmentally friendly motors
As 3 seasons of bridge work loom, Denali managers and tourist industry adjust
New timeline to remove clay at perilous Pretty Rocks site pushes completion date for bridge and full park road access to 2026.