Chugiak's Jason Walsh, left, and James Zwiefel, center, chat with Walsh's wife, Jess Walsh, Saturday while she swings son Fian at the finish line of the Crow Pass Crossing at the Eagle River Nature Center. Walsh, who ran the race for the first time, finished in the top 20.
Coronado condos break ground By next spring, the first residents could be moving into a major new development poised to change the atmosphere of downtown Eagle River.
At the tender age of 11, Eagle River's LeiLani Steddum is already a veteran of the beauty pageant world. Now LeiLani has a new sash for her collection: Miss Alaska Preteen.
Recently I was telling a friend how much I love the trails in Eagle River and the beauty of the Alaskan outdoors in general. I talked about how much I enjoyed walking last winter -- the crunching of the snow under my feet, the glittering snowflakes falling softly from the sky. He gave my outdoor exercise a label: "wilderness therapy." He said I had unknowingly found my own path of therapy and healing just by using the outdoors for exercise.
