Many people are convinced they know how to survive in the woods, Bear Grylls style. But a lot of what we think we know only ...

Walking a storm-scoured Alaska beach, archaeologist Rick Knecht knelt to pick up a wooden figurine the size of his palm.

— Anna Mae Vokacek was elected as a trustee of the League of Alaskan Cities at the convention of that body which concluded in Palmer. She was the delegate from the City of Kodiak.