Kris Capps
Denali/Healy columnist
Kris Capps is a longtime, award-winning Alaska journalist who has lived and worked in the Denali National Park area since 1991. She is active in the community, routinely marvels at the talented people who are her neighbors, and loves to share that community through her column.
Recent Stories
- Denali Salmon Bake named Alaska's Small Business of the Year
- Wednesday, May 14, 2008
- Picture Denali Salmon Bake co-owner Dave Coleman in a suit and tie.
- Letterboxing, blood tests featured at Denali Spring Health Fair
- Wednesday, May 7, 2008
- The Tooth Fairy came to Denali’s Spring Health Fair last weekend.
- It doesn’t matter when spring comes; it’s time to bust out the flip flops
- Wednesday, April 30, 2008
- If we think spring, maybe it will really, finally arrive. A brand new pair of flip flops will at least get us in the mood for warmer weather.
- Boy gets train ride through Moody Railroad tunnel before its demolition
- Wednesday, April 23, 2008
- For his first train ride, 5-year-old Mathias Speer rode the last passenger train through the Moody Railroad tunnel just days before the tunnel was blasted into oblivion.
- Healy students perform five-minute Shakespeare; neighbors rescue injured sled dog
- Wednesday, April 16, 2008
- Students in Healy performed Shakespeare’s “MacBeth” about eight times in one day last week. Luckily, it was the five-minute version.
- Anderson students question state politicians about fish hatcheries
- Wednesday, April 9, 2008
- Anderson High School students aren't resting on their laurels.
- Cantwell student keeps subsistence skills alive with elders’ guidance
- Wednesday, April 2, 2008
- CANTWELL — BJ Gore, with two Native elders guiding him, learned a traditional skill last week that otherwise might have been lost to future generations.
- Rail car 'fair' brings lessons of preparation to Railbelt
- Wednesday, April 2, 2008
- A mobile "fair" of rail cars is coming to Healy on Saturday to provide families and professionals with information on emergency preparedness.
- Denali museum wants to give tourists the 40 below experience
- Wednesday, March 26, 2008
- For those of us yearning for warm weather, it is hard to imagine that anyone would actually pay to experience 40 degrees below zero. But the Riverboat Discovery is counting on it, with a new business set to open at Denali this season.
- Usibelli Coal Mine to buy Denali day care
- Sunday, March 23, 2008
- Usibelli Coal Mine has agreed to purchase the Denali Pre-School and Learning Center and lease it for a nominal fee to a new nonprofit group that is preparing to take over the longtime child care facility.