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5 family members among those identified as dead or missing in Alaska landslide

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Martha Bellisle, Associated Press

Authorities have identified those missing or killed in an Alaska landslide this week as five family members and their neighbor, a commercial fisherman who made a longshot bid for the state's lone seat in the U.S. House last year.

Landslide slams into remote Alaskan community, killing 3 people

By Becky Bohrer, Mark Thiessen, John Raby, Associated Press

The village of about 2,000 people on a remote island in southeast Alaska received about 2 inches of rain just before the slide.

Judge in Alaska upholds Biden administration's approval of the massive Willow oil-drilling project

By Becky Bohrer, Associated Press

U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason rejected calls made by a grassroots Iñupiat group and environmentalists to vacate the approval and dismissed their claims.

EPA head says he's fully supports decision to block Alaska mine and protect salmon-rich Bristol Bay

By Mark Thiessen, Associated Press

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…

Biden will observe 9/11 in Alaska after Asia trip

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, will participate in the annual observance at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in lower Manhattan.

Alaska asks Supreme Court to strike down rejection of a proposed copper, gold mine

By Associated Press

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in January blocked the proposed Pebble Mine, citing concerns with potential impacts on a rich aquatic ecosystem that supports the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery.

Magnitude 7.2 earthquake off southern Alaska coast triggers brief tsunami advisory

By Associated Press

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake triggered a brief tsunami advisory for southern Alaska late Saturday, but the advisory was canceled about an hour later, monitoring bodies reported.

News Wrap: U.S. begins evacuation of Americans citizens trapped by fighting in Sudan

In our news wrap Friday, the U.S. began its overland evacuation of Americans trapped by the conflict in Sudan, Russian missiles and drones rained down on residential areas across Ukraine, two U.S. Army helicopters collided in Alaska killing three soldiers…

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3 soldiers killed when Army helicopters crashed in Alaska

By Associated Press

The Army said the cause of the crash was under investigation and more details would be released when they become available.

Interior Secretary Haaland criticized over 'difficult' choice on Willow project

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is facing criticism from political allies after the Biden administration approved a contentious oil drilling project in Alaska.