Alaska State Troopers and the National Park Service searched Wednesday for the driver of a vehicle that fell down a Taylor Highway embankment and ended up in a creek.
Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters said Charles W. Collins, 56, of Eagle River, was missing. Troopers identified him as the likely driver of the vehicle.
Peters said ground and water searches were on hold until searchers can safely navigate the area.
The Taylor Highway, a 160-mile, mostly gravel road that links Eagle with the Alaska Highway near Tok, was cut by or covered with mudslides in multiple locations after heavy weekend rains. Up to 30 people were stranded.
The Associated Press has more at the link.
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Anchorage police flushed a small black bear from a Hillside home Wednesday afternoon after the animal climbed through a kitchen window and rummaged through the garbage with the homeowners holed up in a bedroom.
Damage to the home in the 7800 block of Upper Huffman Road was minimal, though the bear ripped out a screen to enter. Neither the bear nor the people were injured.
Homeowner Barbara Lopetrone said she was in a bedroom and her husband John was in the living room about 1 p.m. when she heard something rummaging around the kitchen. She thought it was her husband and went to find out what was happening.
"I walked through the bedroom door and this big, black, fuzzy rear end of a bear was there," she said.
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Daily News story at the link.
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