State forestry firefighters jumped on a backwoods fire near the popular McHugh Creek Trail that kicked up a large plume of white smoke over Cook Inlet Sunday, as throngs of travelers enjoying hot, ...

Wet weather has brought much-needed relief to the ongoing effort to control the McHugh Creek fire in southeast Anchorage. The fire is holding steady at 842 acres, and is now 7 percent contained, ...

Officials said five days of rain or moisture in the forecast allowed fire crews, previously on the defensive, to make a more direct attack on the 842-acre McHugh Creek fire Thursday. Two crews ...

July 20--Growth of the wildfire near McHugh Creek slowed Wednesday, with more than 250 firefighters committed or requested to help contain the fire that burned about a mile away from Potter Valley and ...

A hiking trail south of Anchorage has been closed after a man was charged by a brown bear and shot it with an assault rifle Sunday. The incident took place between McHugh Creek and Rainbow along ...