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Celebrating 50 years of Alaska mountain search and rescue

Last updated Thursday, November 25, 2010 - 5:40pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- After five years of volunteering with the Alaska Mountain Rescue Group, ski patroller Andy Dietrick knows the drill.

A call for help arrives -- via e-mail, pager or text message. It could be 3 a.m. just as easily as mid-afternoon.

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Brown bear swipes at Alaska boy walking to bus stop

McClatchy Newspapers, Mike Campbell

Last updated Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 6:06pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A boy walking to his school bus stop in Seward, Alaska, was knocked down by a brown bear sow but escaped with superficial injuries Tuesday morning, according to Steve Atwater, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent.

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In Alaska, dipnetters delighted with sockeye surge

McClatchy Newspapers, Mike Campbell

Last updated Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 9:24pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Of all the fishing cliches that have been repeated for decades, "You should have been here yesterday" may be the hardiest.

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Musk ox success: Striking a bullish balance in Alaska

Mike Campbell McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 7:19pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- They're slow-footed and bull-headed. When threatened, they huddle up. During breeding season, males charge one another and crack heads with such force the sound can sometimes be heard up to a mile away.

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