Outdoors

Ed Buyarski talks about tending to house plants during the time before spring garden prep begins in earnest. He gives tips on planters, battling fungus gnats, and lighting. If you have questions for Garden Talk, email edbuyarski@hotmail.com or call 907-209-8905.

An Alaska-based writer and photographer who survived an avalanche near Eagle River nearly 40 years ago — a bone-crushing event that killed his best friend and climbing partner — has won Outside Magazine’s inaugural survival stories essay contest.

Buying it could save millions of dollars and shave years off of a plan in development to cash in on summer cruise ship visitors and eliminate the need for local taxpayer support to run Eaglecrest Ski Area.

Juneau Emergency Programs Manager Tom Mattice says major maintenance needs to be done, but it’s not safe to do it yet.

All Eaglecrest employees got a pay bump. So far this season, the ski area has had record revenue.

The National Park Service is looking at building a bridge over the landslide.