Timothy Ohlinger is pretty sure he wants to be a musher one day. The 5-year-old in Bill Douthit's Fire Lake Elementary School kindergarten class already knows a lot about dogs.
Longtime Chugiak resident dies in light sport aircraft crash
Authorities have identified the pilot killed in an experimental aircraft crash along Alaska Railroad tracks near Birchwood over the weekend.
John Jeffrey Bennett, 54, of Anchorage, died after his two-person experimental light sport aircraft crashed along the tracks about two miles north of Birchwood Airport, according to information from the Alaska Railroad and National Transportation Safety Board.
Despite being the defending Cook Inlet Conference and state champions, the Lady Mustangs had to work hard for a return engagement for the annual March Madness Dance, earning the third and final seed coming out of last weekend's Region IV tournament held at West Anchorage High School.
In one of the more bizarre games of this year's Cook Inlet Conference tournament, the third-ranked Chugiak Mustangs boys basketball team was given a first-round boot, with a 43-42 loss to the Service Cougars Thursday.
By virtue of their regular season record, the Eagle River boys basketball team was relegated with the daunting task of playing top-ranked West on their home floor during last Wednesday's first-round game of the Cook Inlet Conference tournament.
With the season's earlier 99-13 loss to Dimond as dreadful memory, the members of the Eagle River girls basketball team played with poise and dignity in their eventual loss to the top-seeded Lynx in the first-round of the Cook Inlet Conference tournament Wednesday at West High.
WASHINGTON (AP) — To understand why people don't trust institutions — and why America is so disgruntled — look no further than these doings in the nation's capital.
