Bear maulings are rare in the Anchorage area, and details about what happened could help officials understand what provoked the bear.

Police say a brown bear attacked a woman as she hiked a popular trail in Alaska's largest city, Anchorage.

The woman was hiking the Basher Trail in Alaska's Chugach Mountains when the bear attacked and mauled her, the Anchorage Fire Department said.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A brown bear attacked a woman as she hiked a popular trail in a hillside neighborhood in Anchorage, Alaska, and officials are still looking for the animal, state police ...

A woman had to be rescued from a popular hiking trail in Anchorage, Alaska after being attacked by a brown bear this week.

A hiker was attacked by a brown bear Tuesday afternoon in the popular Basher Trail area of Anchorage’s Chugach front range, officials said. Christopher Barraza, a spokesman for the Anchorage ...

A bear mauled a solo hiker near a popular trailhead in Alaska’s mountains, rescuers said. It happened around 2:30 p.m. July 22 near the Basher Trail, about a 10-mile drive southeast from ...