An otherwise healthy inmate died after a “raging” ear infection developed into spinal meningitis as staff at an Alaska prison ignored his “desperate” pleas for medical aid, a new lawsuit says.

We save lives and there are people alive today because of the work we do,” said Doug Chabot, who directed the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center in Montana.

Lewis Jordan Jr. could have been saved by antibiotics, but never got the chance to see a doctor, the lawsuit contends.

Alaska ranks second behind Colorado for the most avalanche deaths ... in the Chugach Mountains just north of Anchorage. A year later, a heli-ski guide scouting an area for clients died when ...