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
- Dang!, Oh Tallulah among bands featured at Anderson Bluegrass Festival
- Wednesday, July 23, 2008
- The one musical event every summer that locals put on their calendar is the Anderson Bluegrass Festival, coming up Friday through Sunday at the Anderson River Park.
- World Changers sacrifice their summers to improve Denali Borough
- Wednesday, July 16, 2008
- A local resident doing laundry in Healy didn’t put in quite enough tokens to completely dry his wet clothes.
- Sportsmen’s club helps keep the Parks Highway looking beautiful
- Wednesday, July 9, 2008
- The Clear Sky Sportsmen’s Club is one of those local organizations that keeps a low profile, while doing good things for the community.
- World Changers come to help out around Denali Borough
- Wednesday, July 2, 2008
- If it looks like there are more teens than usual out and about next week, it’s because there is an extra 154 of them.
- Denali Park’s new Eielson Visitor Center is a marvel of ‘green’ engineering
- Monday, June 30, 2008
- Paula and George Hatchman rode a shuttle bus into Denali National Park this month. When the bus driver announced their arrival at the new Eielson Visitor Center, they wondered if he was joking.
- Longtime Alaskan gets final farewell from beloved horse
- Wednesday, June 25, 2008
- Ellie Leavy had a very special visitor at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital just before she died this week.
- Marine standing at attention on Parks Highway gets lots of looks
- Wednesday, June 18, 2008
- A uniformed U.S. Marine, standing at attention, is catching drivers’ eyes on the Parks Highway.
- Robo-kids: Children make robotic cars out of Legos at robotics camp
- Wednesday, June 11, 2008
- Nine youngsters discovered that Ann Marie Vollstedt has the coolest job they could ever imagine. She gets paid to build robots.
- Healy 21-year-old named Bachelor of the Year by Cosmopolitan
- Wednesday, June 4, 2008
- Add this to the resume of Healy resident Conor Halloran: Cosmopolitan magazine's Bachelor of the Year.
- Tri-Valley honors class of 2008 with colorful, unique ceremony
- Sunday, June 1, 2008
- Lots of laughter and colors of the rainbow marked graduation day for the Tri-Valley High School class of 2008.