Alaska State Troopers were alerted to an avalanche in Turnagain Pass on Saturday, March 22 Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She has also ...

A teenager has died after triggering an avalanche, the fourth person killed in snow slides in Alaska this month.

A group of people were riding snow machines, or snowmobiles, in Turnagain Pass on March 22, and the teen “triggered an avalanche and died after being buried,” Alaska state troopers said in a ...

The wreckage was spotted by what the Alaska State Troopers called "a good Samaritan aircraft." The pilot and the two children were taken to a hospital after the wreckage was discovered Monday ...

The body of Tucker Challan, 16, of Soldotna, was recovered from the avalanche site Sunday morning by the Alaska Mountain Rescue Group, according to state troopers. Challan’s body was transported ...

Lillian Johnson, 38, was charged with first-degree child endangerment after she left her 20-month-old child inside a parked car outside a Healy bar and hotel, according to Alaska State Troopers.

The Alaska State Troopers received a report for a fatal avalanche in Turnagain Pass around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Turnagain Pass is located south of Anchorage on the Kenai Peninsula. Troopers said the ...