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Print article An Anchorage man died Friday when the snowcat he was driving broke through lake ice in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, the Alaska State Troopers said. Scott Gagne, 57, was driving the snowcat around 4:30 p.m. on Hewitt Lake near Skwentna when the large tracked vehicle fell through the ice, troopers wrote in an online report. Austin McDaniel, a spokesman for the troopers, described the snowcat as a “a larger tracked vehicle with a front plow that was transporting a snowmachine.” Snowcats are often used to groom ski trails, but McDaniel said it was not clear if Gagne was gro...

Avalanche carried 3 men down steep gully Tuesday and killed them, report says Published February 5 Share on Facebook Print article Three men were climbing a challenging portion of Bear Mountain near Chugiak on Tuesday when they likely triggered a wind slab avalanche that partially buried and killed them, according to a preliminary report from the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center. On Tuesday morning, 54-year-old Thomas Devine of Chugiak, 43-year-old Matthew Nyman of Denver, Colorado, and 50-year-old Edward Watson of Miami, Florida, began to hike toward the northern fa...

The three men were on a technical route through a steep, narrow gully on the northwest face of Bear Mountain when they were caught in an avalanche, a troopers spokesman said.

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Brenham boy celebrates sixth birthday one year after dog attack Mason Von Swain pushes forward with joy By: Rebecca Fiedler and last updated 2020-12-31 18:39:53-05 BRENHAM, Texas — On Jan. 24, 2020, five-year-old Mason Von Swain’s world was changed drastically. The child was attacked by two dogs while playing at a family member’s residence in his hometown of Brenham, and since then he has needed constant medical care, just to survive. "He’s had free flap facial reconstruction," said Casey McDaniel of Brenham, Mason's mother. "Which [that's when] they take f...