Alaska

Two US soldiers wounded in bear attack during training exercise in Alaska

Anchorage Daily News reported that the soldiers were from the 11th Airborne Division, and that the exercise had been a "land navigation training event" near Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

BROWN BEAR 480, known as "Otis", stands in a river hunting for salmon to fatten up before hibernation at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, US September 16, 2021.
Photo of Alaska.

Inside the Alaskan village where nature, faith, and community come together

 Seismic waves are seen on a screen during a demonstration of an earthquake early warning system which triggers sirens if a nationwide network of 120 seismic monitoring stations detects a strong earthquake, at the Geological Survey of Israel in Jerusalem.

Earthquakes strike Alaska, Greece, monitors say

Researchers drilling into the permafrost.

Ancient microbes from Alaska permafrost awaken after 40,000 years


Sarah Palin loses to Democrat Mary Peltola in Alaska special election

The election is the first one run under the state's new ranked-choice system. The special election was called after the death of Young, 88, who was first elected in 1973.

Former Republican Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin speaks at the 42nd annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland February 26

Why does an Episcopal church in an Alaskan town have a prominent Star of David window?

Was there a miscommunication in the process of designing the window? Did a synagogue somewhere else receive the window that was intended for the church in Sitka? The answer remains a mystery

An aerial view of Anchorage, Alaska.

Tons of greenhouse gases released due to thawing permafrost-study

From the desert to Alaska, a considerable amount of greenhouse gas is being produced and released into the atmosphere due to rapidly thawing permafrost.

Greenhouse gases

Elon Musk is a 'bulls**t artist' says Trump, claims Musk voted for him

"He [Musk] said the other day 'I've never voted for a Republican,' I said 'I didn't know that he told me he voted for me.' So he's another bulls**t artist," said Trump.

Former US president Donald Trump and Elon Musk are seen at the Firing Room Four after the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft on NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US May 30, 2020

Russian politician threatens Alaska, says 'we can claim it back'

The chairman of the Russian State Duma warned that Russia could claim Alaska if the US tries to "dispose of our resources."

 Statue of US Secretary of State William Seward at the Alaska State Capitol building , Juneau, Alaska.

The Arctic Council countering Russia in the Arctic - opinion

With the current dynamics of Russia shunned by the international community, the Arctic Encounter Symposium held a dialogue desperately needed.

FROM LEFT: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute Egede and Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod take an aerial tour near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, on the occasion of an Arctic Council ministerial meeting last year.

Neo-Nazi prison gang head Filthy Fuhrer convicted of murder, kidnapping

Filthy Fuhrer, formerly known as Timothy Lobdell, is the leader of the Alaskan prison gang the 1488s, whose influence reaches to prisons throughout Alaska and beyond.

A neo Nazi attends a rally in Budapest October 23, 2009. The words, the motto of the S.S., read "my honor is my loyalty"

Jewish doctor takes on Santa Claus, Sarah Palin in Alaska House race

It’s Jew vs. Santa Claus — and 48 others — in Alaska’s carnivalesque special House election.

Former Republican Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin speaks at the 42nd annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland February 26

Russian far-right politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky dies at 75

Zhirinovsky, 75, was admitted to hospital earlier this year after contracting COVID-19, according to Russian media.

 Presidential candidate Zhirinovsky addresses the media at the headquarters of the Russian Central Election Commission in Moscow

Alaska museums express solidarity with Jewish museum after antisemitic attacks

Museums in Alaska expressed solidarity with the Alaska Jewish Museum after swastikas were placed on it twice in one year.

An aerial view of Anchorage, Alaska.