Riccardo Pozzobon, a planetary geologist from Italy, was studying ice fracture patterns when he fell into a hole in the glacier.

Closely monitored Barry Arm is a test case in a region where melting glaciers, steep slopes and narrow fjords set up conditions for dangerous tsunami-generating slides.

The Bureau of Land Management is considering a plan that would allow up to eight companies to conduct heli-skiing operations over 10 seasons.

Along with military needs, energy and economic needs are classified as issues of security in a report listing Arctic research priorities.

Alaska Department of Transportation staff say it was one of their most complex drone missions ever.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, which brings together academics from universities and government agencies, plans to close its doors.

The U.S. House debated the resolution Wednesday.

At the Southeast Tribal Environmental Forum in Juneau this week, tribes and environmental groups discussed strategies to keep the rule in place.

Alaska's congressman and governor say Congress and the Trump administration have created the right conditions to get federal permits and invest in drilling and mining.

Nearly 1,400 people died after Hurricane Katrina crashed into Louisiana and Mississippi. Most of the deaths were in New Orleans, which has had an uneven recovery in the past 20 years.

Members of the the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee stopped in Juneau Monday to talk about expanding logging and mining in Southeast Alaska.

Parts of California, Oregon and Washington state will experience extreme heat at least through Tuesday, forecasters say.