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Alaska musher and reality star Jessie Holmes injured while cleaning up storm damage
Holmes was trapped underneath the pile of plywood, insulation and other building materials.
Juneau man took an extra shift at work, missing landslide that destroyed his home
“Fortunately, I wasn’t at home at the moment, but I was there about an hour and a half before it happened, so I’m very lucky to be alive,” Jim Mitchem told the Juneau Empire.
Ian just shy of a Category 5 hurricane as it nears Florida
Hurricane Ian rapidly intensified as it neared landfall along Florida's southwest coast Wednesday morning, gaining top winds of 155 mph, just shy of the most dangerous Category 5 status.
9-year-old seriously injured in brown bear mauling near Palmer
A 9-year-old boy was seriously injured by a brown bear while hunting north of Anchorage, Alaska State Troopers said Wednesday.
32 pilot whales have been rescued out of 230 stranded in Tasmania
Wildlife experts on Thursday rescued 32 of the 230 whales that were found stranded on the wild and remote west coast of Australia's island state of Tasmania a day earlier.
Western Alaska residents urged to brace for what could be one of the worst storms in recent history
“In 10 years, people will be referring to the September 2022 storm as a benchmark storm," said a climate specialist.
Exxon Valdez Capt. Joseph Hazelwood dies at 75
The Exxon Valdez grounded on Alaska’s Bligh Reef on March 24, 1989, spewing nearly 11 million gallons of oil into the rich fishing waters of Prince William Sound.
Former Wasilla lawmaker Vic Kohring dies in Glenn Highway crash
Troopers said Vic Kohring, 64, was driving a van that collided head-on with a semi-truck “after crossing the center line for unknown reasons” on the Glenn Highway north of Palmer.
Victims of Puget Sound floatplane crash included activist, winemaker
The Northwest Seaplanes flight was on its way from Friday Harbor, a popular tourist destination in the San Juan Islands, to a Seattle suburb when it went down without sending out a distress call.
Military man charged in fiery Anchorage crash that killed 2
A member of the military charged with manslaughter in a fiery crash in Anchorage that killed two people told authorities he was so drunk, he didn’t remember driving, according to charging documents.
Alaska job numbers for July up from year earlier
Alaska had about 9,900 more jobs last month than it did in July 2021, as the state experiences a more typical tourism season following two pandemic-stunted years.
Companies announce investment in major Alaska oil project
If developed, the field on state land east of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska could significantly boost the flow of oil through the trans-Alaska pipeline system.
Cheney and Murkowski: Trump critics facing divergent futures
They hail from their states' most prominent Republican families. They have been among the GOP's sharpest critics of former President Donald Trump.
Man in Alaska corrections department custody dies
Austin Earl Wilson is the seventh person to die in department custody this year.
Anchorage police say 2 officers violated policy in ‘white privilege card’ stop
It’s not clear what disciplinary actions the two officers faced, if any, because the department is treating it as a confidential personnel matter.
Sullivan joins 25 other Republican senators in praising Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the highest-ranking American official to visit the self-ruled island in 25 years.
Alaska US House candidates are split on the state’s new ranked choice voting system
The new voting process ends party primaries and institutes ranked voting in general elections.
Four children killed in Fairbanks murder-suicide, troopers say
Troopers say their investigation determined that a 15-year-old boy shot three siblings and then himself.
Alaska US Sen. Murkowski says she has tested positive for COVID
Murkowski is vaccinated against COVID-19.
Troopers searching for grandmother after 2-year-old found locked in car near Healy
Troopers says evidence at the scene indicates the child and vehicle had been abandoned on Tuesday.