Mark Thiessen - The Associated Press
Santa visit brings joy to a frosty Alaska Inupiat village
Santa and Mrs. Claus left Rudolph at home to catch a ride recently on an Alaska Air National Guard cargo plane to visit the Inupiat village of Nuiqsut.
Alaska asylum seekers are Indigenous Siberians from Russia
“These individuals were in fear, so much in fear of their own government that they risked their lives and took a 15-foot skiff across those open waters,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski said.
Ex-Alaska attorney general pleads not guilty to sexual abuse
The allegations date back to when Ed Sniffen was 27 and served as the coach of a then 17-year-old girl’s mock trial competition team at an Anchorage high school.
Efforts fail to save Anchorage’s historic 4th Avenue Theatre from demolition
Anchorage entrepreneur Austin “Cap” Lathrop opened the 4th Avenue Theatre, with nearly 1,000 seats, on May 31, 1947, with a showing of “The Jolson Story.”
Alaska is experiencing wildfires like it’s never seen before
Already more than 530 wildfires have burned an area the size of Connecticut and the usual worst of the fire season lays ahead.
Anchorage police interaction with woman wielding ‘white privilege card’ prompts investigation
An investigation has been launched after a person believed to be an Anchorage police officer was shown in a photo with a woman in town for a Donald Trump rally flashing a novelty “white privilege card.”
US agency to study expanding critical habitat in Alaska for rare North Pacific right whales
The extended habitat would overlap with productive fishing areas and high-volume marine transit routes, NOAA Fisheries said, but it also coincides with visual sightings and acoustic data of the large whales.
Alaska Supreme Court ruling keeps Sweeney off House ballot
The Alaska Supreme Court on Saturday upheld a lower court’s ruling that will keep Republican Tara Sweeney off the ballot for the August special election in Alaska’s U.S. House race.
An ocean first: Underwater drone tracks CO2 in Alaska gulf
The research could be a major step forward in ocean greenhouse gas monitoring.
4 injured in plane crash near Yakutat
The plane crashed while attempting to land on a remote airstrip lined by trees.
Former President Jimmy Carter asks court to defend Alaska’s ‘unrivaled wilderness’
Carter filed an amicus brief in the longstanding legal dispute over efforts to build a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.
Rangers locate climber’s body on Denali
Rimml likely fell on the steep traverse between Denali Pass at 18,200 feet and the 17,200-foot plateau, a notoriously treacherous stretch of the West Buttress route
Jury convicts Alaska Nazi prison gang members in grim death
The gang operated inside and outside Alaska prisons.
Earthquakes recorded near Alaska volcano dormant 800 years
Hundreds of small earthquakes have been reported near a volcano in Southeast Alaska believed to have been dormant for at least 800 years.
Kelly Tshibaka, backed by Trump, officially files for Senate run
Trump has said he would campaign for Tshibaka after vowing revenge against Murkowski, who voted to convict him in his second impeachment trial.
Delta Junction man gets 32 months for threatening to kill senators
Jay Allen Johnson was also fined $5,000, ordered to serve three years of supervised release after his prison sentence, and is barred by a protective order from contacting U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, their family and staff members for three years.
Alaska man faces sentencing after threats to kill senators
The government is seeking a sentence of 37 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. They are also seeking a protection order, under which Johnson is not to contact U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski or Dan Sullivan, their family or staff members for three years.
Trump endorses Palin in bid for Alaska’s sole US House seat
This is the third time Trump has issued an endorsement in Alaska races.
Alaska air pollution holds clues for other Arctic climates
In the pristine expanse of Alaska’s interior lies a dirty secret: some of the most polluted winter air in the United States can be found in and around Fairbanks.
Appeals court reverses ruling that halted road from King Cove to Cold Bay
Nine environmental groups had sued to stop the land swap on the Alaska Peninsula.