Alaska
Charter plane carrying 8 crashes near remote site in western Alaska - report
A charter plane carrying eight people crashed near a remote radar site in western Alaska, the Associated Press said on Thursday, citing the National Transportation Safety Board.
The Alaska perspective: A reminder that the world doesn't revolve around Israel - comment
Sullivan vs. Sullivan: Alaska investigates US Senate candidate who shares name with incumbent
'I am a grateful American': Gary Sinise hopes to bring his mission of service to Israel - interview
Brown bear 747 crowned fattest bear in Alaska
“This year he really packed on the pounds, looking like he was fat enough to hibernate in July and yet continuing to eat until his belly seemed to drag along the ground by late September.”
Trump-backed Canadian railway to Alaska could free landlocked oil
The $17 billion project was first proposed in 2015 by Canadian infrastructure financier Sean McCoshen.
Of Bears and Ballots - A memoir of Alaska
Lende, who has written three previous books about her life in the wildly beautiful, isolated, eclectic town of Haines, Alaska, here focuses on her time as a Haines Borough assembly member.
Trump administration ends ban on killing Alaska bear cubs, wolf pups
Under the new National Park Service rule, effective July 9, hunting on natural preserves in Alaska will be controlled by the state, which allows baiting of brown and black bears.
Alaska lawmaker apologizes after likening pandemic regulations to Nazis
A Republican state lawmaker in Alaska said he did not mean to offend people when he compared restrictions aimed at curbing the coronavirus pandemic to measures imposed by the Nazis.
Lawmaker says Hitler not supremacist, compares COVID-19 rule to Holocaust
'People want to say Hitler was a white supremacist. No. He was fearful of the Jewish nation, and that drove him into some unfathomable atrocities.'
Bomb threat made against China flights from major cargo hub airport
Anchorage Airport is one of the world’s top five air-cargo hubs. It ranks second in the nation for weight of landed cargo.
Alaska school district removes ‘Catch 22’ from curriculum
Teachers will no longer be able to teach ‘The Great Gatsby,’ 'Catch 22' and other important works in their classrooms.
'Weird,' sharp-nosed thalattosaur species identified from Alaska fossil
It's fossil was uncovered through a stroke of luck, when an extremely low tide in 2011 exposed the typically submerged rock where it was embedded on an island beach
Woman dies while trying to reach ‘Into the Wild’ bus in Alaska
"Ms. Maikamava apparently lost her footing and her grip on the rope," he said in an email