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In Alaska, warmer days can bring catastrophic flooding as frozen rivers break up

Spring comes late to western Alaska and brings a mix of anxiety and anticipation. Citizen scientists use traditional knowledge to predict river breakup and flooding for dozens of remote communities.

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Travelers can expect Alaska Airlines to keep canceling flights at high level for weeks

In a message to Alaska Airlines employees Thursday evening, CEO Ben Minicucci said the high level of flight cancellations since April will continue through this month but added that stability should return to the schedule in June.

Tribune News Service

Biden Administration Drops Offshore Drilling Auctions: WSJ

The Biden administration has canceled plans to auction drilling rights in two regions in the Gulf of Mexico and one off the coast of Alaska,

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More states want power to approve wetlands development

In 2020, Florida became just the third state — and the first in decades — to take over management of a key federal Clean Water Act program. Now, state rather than federal officials decide whether companies can dredge and fill wetlands and waterways for projects ranging from mining to housing…

Tribune News Service

US paratrooper mauled to death by brown bear in Alaska named

A US paratrooper who was mauled to death in a bear attack in an Alaska military training camp has been identified.

Evening Standard

Soldier killed by bear on Alaska base was parachute infantryman mauled near brown bear den

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The soldier killed Tuesday by a bear in a remote corner of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson was a 30-year-old who had deployed to Afghanistan and had been stationed in Alaska for under a year.

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Lights go out on Phillip Island to aid shearwater fledglings on their migration to Alaska

Businesses turn off their lights near shearwater breeding colonies so fledglings don't become disorientated as they take off on their extraordinary annual migration to Alaska.

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US Army identifies soldier who died after Alaska bear attack

The U.S. Army has identified Staff Sgt. Seth Michael Plant of Saint Augustine, Florida, as the soldier who died earlier this week after a bear attack in Anchorage

The Independent UK

Longtime AP Alaska bureau chief Dean Fosdick dies at age 80

Dean Fosdick, the journalist with The Associated Press who filed the news alert informing the world of the Exxon Valdez grounding, has died

The Independent UK

Biden cancels offshore oil lease sales in Gulf Coast, Alaska

The Biden administration says it is canceling three oil and gas lease sales scheduled in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Alaska

The Independent UK

Army poised to revamp Alaska forces to prep for Arctic fight

U.S. Army leaders say they are poised to revamp forces in Alaska to better prepare for future cold-weather conflicts

The Independent UK

Soldier killed by bear during training exercise in Alaska

The attack took place on Tuesday

The Independent UK

US soldier dies after being mauled by bear during routine Army training exercise

The soldier, who has not been named, was stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska when the tragedy happened, US Army officials confirmed in a brief statement

Daily Mirror

Soldier killed in bear attack during training in Anchorage, Army says

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson soldier was killed by a bear Tuesday while training in Anchorage, the U.S. Army Alaska said.

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Car Shipping To And From Alaska (2022 Guide)

We’ll explain the best way to get your car shipped to the Last Frontier.

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What killer whales need from humans

Deborah Giles researched Southern Resident killer whales for years to better understand how to save the species

The Independent UK

Carter asks court to defend Alaska's 'unrivaled wilderness'

Former President Jimmy Carter is weighing in on a court case involving his landmark conservation act and a remote refuge in Alaska

The Independent UK

Alaska landslide cuts off road access to residents, tourists

Efforts are underway to clear a road where dozens of fully grown evergreen trees as well as rocks and dirt toppled into an Alaska bay, covering the roadway and cutting off road access for scores of people

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Alaska appoints investigator dedicated to missing and murdered Indigenous people

Ayesha Rascoe talks with Anne Sears, a former Alaska State Trooper, who was recently appointed Alaska's first dedicated investigator of missing and murdered Indigenous people.

The Independent UK

Rangers conduct aerial search for climber on Alaska's Denali

National park rangers in Alaska have resumed an aerial search for the year’s first registered climber on North America’s tallest peak after he didn’t check in with a friend

Tribune News Service

Alleged members of neo-Nazi prison gang in Alaska convicted of murder, kidnapping, conspiracy

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Five members of a white supremacist prison gang were found guilty Monday in an Anchorage federal court of crimes connected with 2017 kidnappings, assaults and a murder in Alaska.

Daily Mirror

Nearly five million bees dead after shipment was stranded on hot tarmac

The bees were supposed to travel from Atlanta, Georgia to Anchorage Airport in Alaska in Delta Airlines shipments but died in a tragic "disaster"

The Independent UK

Nearly five million bees en route to Alaska die after shipment stranded on hot tarmac in Atlanta

Beekeepers who were waiting for the shipment to arrive said that the loss was ‘devastating’

The Independent UK

Alaska hit by largest April wildfire in a quarter century

The fire is burning near Kwethluk, but is not yet threatening the town or nearby Indigenous land.

Los Angeles Times

Mark Z. Barabak: Is Dianne Feinstein facing pressure to quit the Senate because she's a woman? No, she is not

When Chuck Grassley was first elected to public office, Dwight Eisenhower was president and Alaska and Hawaii were brand new states.

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