Students butcher a moose at Chugiak High School
Students in the Chugiak High School World Discovery Seminar program butchered a moose in class on Tuesday, Dec. 10. Teacher Brian Mason said he obtained a Cultural Education Harvest Permit from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to harvest the cow moose, which he shot near Willow, Alaska on Sunday. Mason said the goal of the lesson was to emphasize traditional Alaska subsistence and hunting practices and learn more about basic animal anatomy. The World Discovery program is a "school within a school' whose goal is to "establish a smaller learning community that creates a sense of identity, belonging, and teamwork within the WDS program, while maintaining strong ties to the CHS families of departments and programs.” There are currently 125 students enrolled in the program at Chugiak.
EXTRA! EXTRA! This week's print edition of the Chugiak-Eagle River Star is on the streets. This week's paper features a cover story about Mikey Connelly, a local athlete who broke an incredible record at Mt. Alyeska over the weekend. We've also got a feature story about Eagle River's John Rodda, who is retiring as director of the Anchorage Parks and Recreation Department after more than four decades of working either for or with the municipality. Rodda's fingerprints are on nearly ever major recreation project in the Anchorage area since the late 1970s. There's also a story about how local students fared on statewide standardized tests and an update about a local swim official whose ruling caused national controversy. Plus tons of Chugiak-Eagle River sports plus weekly features like Police Briefs, Blotter, Calendar, Time Was and People We Know. Check it out at more than 70 locations from Eklutna to Anchorage or visit us online at AlaskaStar.com. #print #newspapers #alaska #eagleriver #chugiak #alaskastar #journalism
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Wildfire smoke over Anchorage and Eagle River from atop Mt. Baldy
The vantage point atop Mt. Baldy in Eagle River provided a bird’s eye view of the fires raging in the Mat-Su Borough this evening. (Star video by Matt Tunseth)
CVFRD assistant chief Clifton Dalton talks about today’s brush fire near Mirror Lake:
A small forest fire was reported around noon Monday, Aug. 12 in an uninhabited area near Mile High saddle south of Mt. Baldy in Eagle River. Firefighters on the ground responded as well as helicopters dumping water and an airplane dropping retardant. By around 2:30 pm the fire had been knocked down significantly and no evacuations were in place. This video was taken shortly after 2 pm from Skyline Drive looking south. http://www.alaskastar.com/2019-08-12/firefighters-contain-wildfire-near-eagle-river
Deputy Fire marshal Cleo Hill with an update on the Anchorage brush fire
Athletes from Chugiak, Eagle River and Birchwood Christian compete at the 2019 state track and field meet.
Post-quake exodus on Glenn Highway
One motorist decided to skip the Glenn Highway traffic this morning and go it on their own as people streamed out of Anchorage following a magnitude 7.0 earthquake. (Star video by Matt Tunseth)
WATCH: Eagle River’s Quanard Cox catches a 56-yard touchdown from Ryan Adkins to give the Wolves a 30-24 win over Lathrop and a berth in the Division II state football championship game next week.
