Alaska Outdoor Digest

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Search on for bear that killed hiker, mauled searcher
Editor’s note:  The huge volume of traffic to this story yesterday overloaded and shut down our website for a few hours.  Thanks for your patience. Authorities are searching today in Eagle River for the brown bear that killed one hiker and mauled a member of search party looking for... Read more
Bear kills teenaged runner in Bird Ridge mauling
Authorities are now reporting that the 16-year-old runner mauled by a black bear while competing in a Bird Ridge trail race Sunday has died. http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Bear-mauling–429297643.html The Alaska Dispatch News and other news sources are reporting that a teenager runner was descending the course when chased and then mauled by... Read more