07/13/11 Troupes of teddy-toting toddlers trampled to and fro Friday afternoon in Eagle River, their adult minders running raggedly behind. It was the Teddy Bear Picnic, and Eagle River's Bear Paw Festival was officially off to a roaring start.
07/13/11 U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski might have been the slimiest politician in America last weekend.
07/13/11 Lauren Fritz's fifth-place finish in the July 4 Mount Marathon race in Seward was the best local finish in the 84th annual race, but it wasn't the fastest.
07/13/11 Jake Moe looked like he'd done this before. He has. Moe, 27, cruised across the finish line all alone to win his fifth Bear Paw 5K title on Saturday, July 9 in Eagle River.
07/13/11 The score was 7-4, but the outcome of the historic Alaska Baseball League game on Saturday, July 9 between the Athletes in Action Fire and Anchorage Glacier Pilots won't be known for some time.
07/13/11 Eagle River's American Legion Wolves got their mojo back with a doubleheader sweep of Kenai Post 20 on Saturday, July 9 at Oberg Field in Peters Creek.
07/13/11 Eagle River's wait is over. The American Legion Wolves finally got the old Mustang off their back, rolling to a 17-8 win over Chugiak Post 33 on a mist-covered Loretta French Field on July 12.
07/03/11 Recent NFL draftee and former West High graduate Daniel Hardy was on hand last month at the All Alaska Football Camp at Colony High, encouraging players to pay attention and work hard.
07/03/11 A listing of July 4 events in Anchorage, Chugiak-Eagle River, and Mat-Su.
07/03/11 Alaska State Wildlife Troopers during the past week reported citing more than three dozen individuals for commercial and sport fishing violations and operating power boats without valid Alaska boat registration in Bristol Bay
07/02/11 Katy Lovegreen of Anchorage was named the 2011 Miss Alaska in the annual pageant sponsored by the Miss Alaska Scholarship Foundation in UAA's Wendy Williamson Auditorium June 25.
07/01/11 There's a new judge, a different courtroom and new lawyers on both defense and prosecution tables, and now there are new trial dates for two former Alaska state legislators who have been tried and convicted before: Pete Kott and Vic Kohring.
06/30/11 IRON MOUNTAIN - Parades and fireworks will highlight Independence Day weekend celebrations as America observes the 235th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
06/23/11 In a quiet Eagle River neighborhood on Chatanika Loop just west of East Eagle River Loop Road, residents have access to views of breathtaking mountains and forested hills.
06/23/11 Eklutna Inc. is selling lots and developing new residential areas at a speedy clip, said CEO Curtis McQueen, with large developments expected to materialize next year.
06/23/11 Vandalism is rampant this summer in Chugiak-Eagle River parks, where at least eight incidents have taken place over the past couple weeks. "It's very discouraging as both a taxpayer and as an employee," Eagle River Parks manager Val Barkley said last week.
06/23/11 Kilts and cabers will again dominate the scenery in Eagle River, where the state's annual homage to all things Scottish will celebrate its 30th anniversary this weekend.
06/23/11 No matter how many more wins they earn this season, Eagle River's Post 28 American Legion baseball team already knows they'll emerge from the campaign with something perhaps more valuable than a league title.
06/23/11 Eagle River's Sheryl Loan destroyed the previous record to win the Hatcher Pass hill climb bicycle race on June 19. Loan finished with a time of 43 minutes, 39 seconds to break the old record by more than three minutes.
06/23/11 A pair of child pyromaniacs in a Western Alaska village, plus reports of other "fire play" throughout the state, prompted the state fire marshal's office to issue a warning that kids and flames can cause deadly blazes. | 
