Archive of: In the News

All sales final

Fuji Gifts got a sendoff worthy of a local landmark on June 2-3, when hordes of people descended on the quirky Chugiak shop for an estate sale.

MATT TUNSETH

Primary elections set

Some hotly contested races should give political junkies their fix between now and the Aug. 28 primary elections.

MATT TUNSETH

Plane makes unexpected stop in Chugiak

A pilot was forced to land his home-built single engine airplane on the Old Glenn Highway near the Rural Discount Center in Chugiak on Sunday, June 3.

MATT TUNSETH

Girl recovering from violent moose attack

A 6-year-old Eagle River girl is expected to make a full recovery after a terrifying encounter with a mama moose on Monday, May 28 in Eagle River.

MATT TUNSETH

Area delegation to addess chamber

Stoltze, Hawker, Fairclough, Dyson, Hawker and Saddler will give post-session briefing at Bear Mountain Grill

Star staff report

Plane lands on Old Glenn

No injuries in apparent emergency landing Sunday morning.

Eagle River girl doing okay after moose attack

Mom says 6-year-old has shoulder, collarbone injuries

BY Matt Tunseth/Chugiak-Eagle River Star

Biking to the coastal trail relatively easy — except for the headwinds

I always wanted to see if I could bike from Eagle River to the end of the Anchorage Coastal Trail and back—roughly 45 miles by my calculation. I finally got around to it May 10 under partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the high 40s and low 50s, with green just popping out in the trees.

Frank E. Baker

Hydro Homestead

A new hydroelectric plant rising on the South Fork of Eagle River represents the municipality’s first small urban hydroelectric plant, a new source of renewable energy that’s expected to power as many as 1,000 homes in the area.

ZAZ HOLLANDER

Trip of a lifetime

Talk about a road trip.

MIKE NESPER