Owner Robert Murphy hopes to have most of the work on the hydro system done by this fall with a rollout of hydropower for his buildings targeted for next spring.
Outdoors
Hikers have standoff with black bear near Seward
Alaska State Parks Ranger Jack Ransom said his department got three separate reports Thursday and Friday about a large, aggressive black bear on the Tonsina Creek Trail.
Closed through the pandemic, Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center will partially reopen this summer
The Forest Service is reopening some of its facilities at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center in Juneau for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Temsco hopes to expand heli-skiing in Skagway
Temsco Helicopters has secured federal permits to take heli-skiers and boarders to BLM-managed land in the mountains to the west of town.
Anchorage dog dies in trap near Glenn Highway, reigniting debate about regulations
The trap that killed Lola was set legally, though recreators and trappers agree that it was set unethically, since it was too close to the trailhead.
Alaska’s side of the Chilkoot Trail will be open this summer, but hikers have to turn around at Canada
Hikers can access the summit above the Golden Staircase, but that’s where they’ll have to turn around.