In June, the rain came down and the river came up, and residents wondered if they’d be wearing hip waders for the rest of their lives. Then in August, drought conditions turned the ground to concrete.

Ditch the car and throw on hip waders or a pair of rubber boots. Grab a 24-pack of bottled water and hop in a neighbor’s canoe. It’s that kind of can-do attitude that on Monday summed up a pocket of ...

A 47-year-old Anchorage woman wearing hip waders drowned Tuesday in Resurrection Bay near Seward, Alaska State Troopers said. Troopers got a report on Tuesday morning of a woman in distress near a ...

Two volunteers from the Ninemile Creek Conservation Council (NCCC), wearing hip waders and carrying long-handled nets, chased 800 brown trout around a shallow holding pen at the Carpenter’s Brook Fish ...