Today: September 22, 2024
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US troops finish deployment to remote Alaska island amid spike in Russian military activity

About 130 U.S. soldiers are returning to their bases after being deployed to a remote Alaska island amid a spike in Russian military activity off the western reaches of the U.S. The deployment of the 11th Airborne Division and two task forces included mobile rocket launchers and lasted about a week

US troops finish deployment to remote Alaska island amid spike in Russian military activity
Crime|News

What we know after a 14-year-old boy was charged with killing 4 people at his Georgia high school.

Authorities have charged a 14-year-old boy with four counts of murder in this week's fatal shootings at a high school in Winder, Georgia

What we know after a 14-year-old boy was charged with killing 4 people at his Georgia high school.
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Ludacris' gulp of untreated Alaska glacier melt was totally fine, scientist says

Rapper-turned-actor Chris “Ludacris” Bridges sparked concern from some social media followers recently when he knelt on an Alaska glacier, dipped an empty water bottle into a blue, pristine pool of glacier melt and drank it

Ludacris' gulp of untreated Alaska glacier melt was totally fine, scientist says
Crime|News

The shooting death of a 16-year-old girl by police is among a spate that's upset Anchorage residents

A spate of officer-involved shootings has made Anchorage, Alaska, the latest in a long list of American cities to wrestle with how police use force

Lifestyle

An Alaska veteran is finally getting his benefits — 78 years after the 103-year-old was discharged

Louis Gigliotti just recently got his veteran benefits

An Alaska veteran is finally getting his benefits — 78 years after the 103-year-old was discharged
Uncategorized

Man gets 226 years in deaths of 2 Alaska Native women. He filmed the torture of one

A man who killed two Alaska Native women and was heard while videotaping the torture death of one say that in his movies “everybody always dies” was sentenced in Anchorage Friday to 226 years in prison

Man gets 226 years in deaths of 2 Alaska Native women. He filmed the torture of one
News|Political

Trump-appointed judge in Alaska resigns over sexual misconduct, leaving only 1 judge in state

A U.S. District Court judge in Alaska has resigned and could face impeachment after a judicial panel found he had an inappropriate relationship with a law clerk and lied about it

Trump-appointed judge in Alaska resigns over sexual misconduct, leaving only 1 judge in state
News|Political

Hawaii governor says Biden could decide within days whether to remain in the presidential race

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green says President Joe Biden could decide within days whether to remain a candidate for reelection

Hawaii governor says Biden could decide within days whether to remain in the presidential race
News|Political

Anchorage scrambles to find enough housing for the homeless before the Alaska winter sets in

Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson gained national attention this summer when he proposed buying one-way airfare out of Alaska’s largest city for anyone without housing who wanted to leave

Anchorage scrambles to find enough housing for the homeless before the Alaska winter sets in
News|Opinion|Political

Jury awards $700k to Seattle protesters jailed for writing anti-police slogans in chalk on barricade

Four protesters have been awarded nearly $700,000 after they were jailed for writing anti-police slogans in chalk on a temporary police barricade on Jan. 1, 2021

Jury awards $700k to Seattle protesters jailed for writing anti-police slogans in chalk on barricade
Environment

Wind-driven wildfire spreads near popular central Oregon vacation spot and prompts evacuations

A wildfire in Oregon’s high desert has grown rapidly

Wind-driven wildfire spreads near popular central Oregon vacation spot and prompts evacuations
Entertainment|Sports

Former pro surfer known for riding huge Pipeline waves dies in shark attack while surfing off Oahu

A well-known Hawaii lifeguard who was killed in a shark attack on Oahu’s North Shore was a former professional surfer with acting credits to his name

Former pro surfer known for riding huge Pipeline waves dies in shark attack while surfing off Oahu
Entertainment|Sports

Former pro surfer known for riding huge Pipeline waves dies in shark attack while surfing off Oahu

A well-known Hawaii lifeguard who was killed in a shark attack on Oahu’s North Shore was a former professional surfer with acting credits to his name

Former pro surfer known for riding huge Pipeline waves dies in shark attack while surfing off Oahu
News

Alaska serial killer who admitted to killing five people has died in an Indiana prison

An Alaska serial killer who admitted that he killed five people, including one when he was only 14, has died in an Indiana prison

Alaska serial killer who admitted to killing five people has died in an Indiana prison
Environment|News

Baby moose trapped in a lake is saved by Alaska man and police as its worried mom watches

An Alaska man and two police officers have joined forces to rescue a baby moose that got stuck between a floatplane and a dock in a lake

Baby moose trapped in a lake is saved by Alaska man and police as its worried mom watches
Sports

Cancer claims Iditarod champion Rick Mackey. His father and brother also won famed Alaska race

Musher and dog trainer Rick Mackey has died

Cancer claims Iditarod champion Rick Mackey. His father and brother also won famed Alaska race
News|Environment

Family says Alaska photographer killed in moose attack knew the risks, died doing what he loved

The family of an Alaska man who was fatally attacked by a moose said the amateur photographer died doing what he loved

Family says Alaska photographer killed in moose attack knew the risks, died doing what he loved
News

Moose kills Alaska man attempting to take photos of her newborn calves

Authorities in Alaska say a moose has killed a 70-year-old man in the community of Homer

Moose kills Alaska man attempting to take photos of her newborn calves
News|Sports

Alaska's Indigenous teens emulate ancestors' Arctic survival skills at the Native Youth Olympics

The Native Youth Olympics in Anchorage, Alaska, is a three-day celebration of Indigenous culture in the form of games that mimic hunting and survival techniques that Alaska Natives in the Arctic region have relied on for thousands of years

Alaska's Indigenous teens emulate ancestors' Arctic survival skills at the Native Youth Olympics
News

Pilot reported fire onboard plane carrying fuel, attempted to return to Fairbanks just before crash

A federal aviation official says one of the two pilots aboard an airplane carrying fuel reported there was a fire on the airplane shortly before it crashed and burned outside Fairbanks, Alaska

Pilot reported fire onboard plane carrying fuel, attempted to return to Fairbanks just before crash
News

South Africa man convicted in deaths of 2 Alaska Native women faces revocation of U.S. citizenship

Federal prosecutors want to revoke the U.S. citizenship of a South Africa man convicted of killing two Alaska Native women for allegedly lying on his naturalization application for saying he had neither killed nor hurt anyone

South Africa man convicted in deaths of 2 Alaska Native women faces revocation of U.S. citizenship
Business|News|Political

Air National Guard changes in Alaska could affect national security, civilian rescues, staffers say

The Alaska Air National Guard flew 159 civilian search-and-rescue missions last year in the nation's largest state, often during vicious storms that prevented air ambulances from taking off

Air National Guard changes in Alaska could affect national security, civilian rescues, staffers say
News

Idaho inmate and accomplice accused of helping him escape during hospital ambush are due in court

Two members of an Idaho white supremacist prison gang are due in court for a preliminary hearing, along with a woman accused of providing a vehicle they used during 36 hours on the run after an escape in an armed ambush at a Boise hospital

Idaho inmate and accomplice accused of helping him escape during hospital ambush are due in court
Health|News

Volunteers uncover fate of thousands of Lost Alaskans sent to Oregon mental hospital a century ago

A 15-year volunteer effort is helping identify the fates of thousands of Alaskans who were shipped to a controversial psychiatric hospital in Oregon between 1904 and the 1960s

Volunteers uncover fate of thousands of Lost Alaskans sent to Oregon mental hospital a century ago
Economy|Environment|News|Sports

Dog deaths revive calls for end to Iditarod, the endurance race with deep roots in Alaska tradition

For the past five years, Alaska’s annual Iditarod sled dog race has gone off mostly free of controversy, as teams of dogs and their masters braved the elements in the 1,000-mile test of endurance across the frozen wilderness

Dog deaths revive calls for end to Iditarod, the endurance race with deep roots in Alaska tradition

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