Hood boarded a helicopter to investigate. Flying over the glaciers at the head of the Mendenhall River, he saw collapsed ice ...

The all clear has been given and residents have been allowed to return to their homes in Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a ...

The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement indicating that it could take up to six days for the basin to ...

A candlelit vigil was held at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center to honor Paul Rodriguez Jr., pictured, who drowned while kayaking on Mendenhall Lake last week. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire) ...

The Mendenhall Glacier — a thinning, retreating glacier that is a major tourist attraction in southeast Alaska — acts as a ...

Suicide Basin above Mendenhall Lake has begun the expected glacial release and water is moving quickly into Mendenhall Lake and River.

Last May, I wrote a My Turn that pointed out the risks of operating boats on Mendenhall Lake. I’m told by one of the United States Forest Service employees that 400 people responded with the ...

Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges ...