Nation Oct 09 Native Americans celebrate their histories and cultures on Indigenous Peoples Day Native Americans celebrated their history on Monday with events across the country marking Indigenous Peoples Day, from a sunrise gathering in Minneapolis to a rally at the Maine Statehouse and traditional dancing, music and food in Arizona and Alaska.
Politics Aug 29 EPA head says he’s fully supports decision to block Alaska mine and protect salmon-rich Bristol Bay The nation's top environmental official said he fully supports his agency's decision to block a proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska's salmon-rich Bristol Bay, even as the state of Alaska has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn that…
Nation Jun 07 WATCH: Kilauea volcano begins to erupt after three-month pause Before issuing the eruption notice, the observatory said increased earthquake activity and changes in the patterns of ground deformation at the summit started Tuesday night, indicating the movement of magma in the subsurface.
Nation Mar 14 Iditarod co-founder’s grandson Ryan Redington wins sled dog race Redington's dog team pulled him down Nome's main street shortly after noon on Tuesday, sliding him under the iconic burled arch finish line. The 40-year-old Redington will pocket about $50,000 for the win.
World Oct 23 Russian asylum seekers who took a boat to Alaska are Indigenous Siberians Two Russian Indigenous Siberians were so scared of having to fight the war in Ukraine, they chanced everything to take a small boat across the treacherous Bering Sea to reach American soil, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said after talking with…
World Sep 18 Ukraine alleges Russians tortured detainees at village near border President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said more than 10 “torture chambers” have been discovered in the Kharkiv region since the hasty withdrawal of Russian troops last week.
Nation Jul 25 Massive wildfires burn through ‘fireproof’ regions in Alaska Alaska is burning this year in ways rarely or ever seen. So far this year more than 530 wildfires have burned an area the size of Connecticut and the typically worst of the fire season lays ahead.
Politics Mar 18 U.S., China spar in first face-to-face meeting under Biden In unusually pointed remarks for a staid diplomatic meeting, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Communist Party foreign affairs chief Yang Jiechi took aim at each other's country's policies at the start of two days of talks in Alaska…
Nation Aug 24 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says Alaska mine would have adverse impacts on salmon site The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says a proposed gold and copper mine at the headwaters of the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery in Alaska would cause "unavoidable adverse impacts."…
Arts Jul 30 ‘Into the Wild’ bus likely lands a home at Fairbanks museum An infamous bus appears headed to a new home at a museum in Fairbanks after being removed from Alaska’s backcountry to deter people from making dangerous, sometimes deadly treks to visit the site where a young man documented his demise…