August-Issue-1 2011

Members of the winning football team walked off their home turf Friday night with sadness.

A standoff with an armed and suicidal man on Aug. 18 near the Ft. Richardson exit on the Glenn Highway ended peacefully with the man’s surrender.

The shale slide leading up to the mountain’s ridge was easy to climb, and grass for most of this stretch provided relatively good footing.

August 25,2011

A standoff with an armed and suicidal man on Aug. 18 near the Ft. Richardson exit on the Glenn Highway ended peacefully with the man’s surrender.

August 25,2011

It’s fair to say that one Alaska event stands alone as the biggest shindig of the summer.

Those in favor of creating a separate chapter for Chugiak-Eagle River to Title 21, which regulates municipal land use, had reason to celebrate Monday night.

Members of the winning football team walked off their home turf Friday night with sadness.

Chugiak’s Duncan Shackelford knows what to expect when Eagle River comes calling.

Three volleyball programs haven’t dominated the Cook Inlet Conference in recent years – they’ve owned it.

A new law on the handling of concussions means that any middle or high school athlete who sustains or is suspected of sustaining a head injury can’t return to the team until cleared by a qualified person trained to deal with concussions.

John E. Smelcer, of Chugiak, graduated from the Harpur College of Arts...

Rhonda S. Gallagher (Joyner), 50, died Monday, June 13, at Providence Hospital, following a long and courageous battle with breast cancer.

Eagle River's Christine Roberts and Scott Smothermon were married on May 21, 2011 at the Peters Creek Christian Center.

Trevor Stefan, of Chugiak, graduated from the U.S. Marine Corps basic training on July 1, 2011 at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, Calif.

The shale slide leading up to the mountain’s ridge was easy to climb, and grass for most of this stretch provided relatively good footing.