While it’s yet unknown when the avalanche itself came down, Hopp said the train hit the snow field around 2 a.m. derailing the first two locomotive cars and partially derailing a third along the 3,144-foot train.
A polar bear attacked and killed a St. Michael mother and her young son Tuesday in Wales, according to troopers, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula.
The plan to demolish the Polaris building has faced speedbumps, including unforeseen contaminants like polychlorinated biphenyl, which has to be shipped out of state.