ALASKA

Sixteen Alaska Native men are being honored for rescuing the crew of a U.S. Navy plane shot down over the Bering Strait by Soviet fighter jets nearly 70 years ago.

Bruce Boolowon, then a lean 20-year-old, and a group of friends were hunting for murre eggs in a walrus skin boat on a remote Alaska island in the Bering Strait when they saw a crippled airplane flying low. Its 11 crewmen had injuries in varying degrees of severity, caused either by the bullets sprayed by the two jet fighters, shrapnel or the fireball that erupted when the Neptune landed wheels up on the tundra of St. Lawrence Island and fuel tanks stored in the plane’s belly exploded. The men took refuge in a ditch on St. Lawrence Island — just 40 miles (64 kilometers) from Siberia and 715 miles (1,151 kilometers) west of Anchorage — to avoid the exploding ammunition and waited, but for what they weren’t sure.

In 1955, Siberian Yupik Eskimos, who were Alaska National Guard members, rescued a Navy plane shot down by Russian jets over St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Strait. Now, a surviving guardsmen and families of others are receiving a medal from the state of Alaska. (April 1) (AP video: Mark Thiessen)

A sea mountain was discovered about 200 miles off Northern California during a recent expedition by an unmanned sea mapping vehicle.

Differences in local tax rates across the U.S. can add up for those who live in certain states.

The Pentagon currently has no plans to release footage of UFOs that were shot down over Alaska last month, though as spokesperson acknowledged such footage exists.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — In early March, President Joe Biden met with members of Alaska’s bipartisan congressional delegation as they implored him to approve a contentious oil drilling project in their state. Around the same time, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland held a very different meeting on the same topic. Gathering at Interior headquarters a half-mile (0.8 kilometers) from the White House, leaders of major environmental organizations and Indigenous groups pleaded with Haaland, the first Native American Cabinet member, to use her authority to block the Willow oil project. Environmental groups call the project a “carbon bomb” that would betray pledges made by Biden — and Haaland — to fight climate change and have mounted a social media #StopWillow campaign that has been seen hundreds of millions of times.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 struck off the coast of southcentral Alaska. The occurrence was felt across communities on the Kenai Peninsula.

ACLU of Alaska asked a judge to overturn a prison policy on involuntary medication. A lawsuit was filed against state corrections on behalf of a man who was forcibly injected with medication.

President Joe Biden has made fighting climate change a core part of his agenda.

John Angerer was arrested in Alaska for the second time in connection with the 2006 death of Angela Wilds in Boulder, Colorado after Angerer's ex came forward with new information.

A coalition of national eco groups filed a federal lawsuit against the Biden administration, arguing it failed to properly assess the climate impacts of an oil project in Alaska.

The Biden administration’s approval of a massive oil development in northern Alaska commits the U.S. to yet another decades long crude project even as scientists urgently warn that only a halt to more fossil fuel emissions can stem climate change. (March 14)

Despite criticism from his green base, President Joe Biden approved Alaska's Willow project to boost domestic oil production.

The world might not have enough renewable energy to power everything by 2029, but we’ll have more than enough to keep the lights on without additional drilling.

Environmental advocates opposed to the oil drilling project have called it a "carbon bomb," but proponents such as Alaska politicians and labor unions say it will bring jobs and revenue to the state.

The Department of Interior announced aggressive actions blocking fossil fuel production in and off the coast of Alaska ahead of an expected announcement green-lighting other drilling.

The administration is expected to unveil the new restrictions amid controversy over a proposed drilling project in Alaska.

Brent Sass, the defending Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion, withdrew from this year’s race on Saturday citing concerns for his health.

Brent Sass, the defending Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion, withdrew from this year’s race on Saturday, citing concerns for his health. Sass scratched at the Eagle Island checkpoint, a statement from the Iditarod said. Eagle Island is about 600 miles (966 kilometers) into the nearly 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) race.

President Biden is reportedly green-lighting a massive oil drilling project that climate activists have dubbed a "carbon bomb" and lawmakers have cheered for its economic benefits.

Not one but two volcanoes on the same island in Alaska’s Aleutian chain were showing signs of unrest on Friday, rocked by seismic activity.

In a sign of a deepening rift among Democrats on energy issues, conservative Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he will not move forward on President Joe Biden’s nominee to oversee oil and gas leasing at the Interior Department.

Mushers encounter a multitude of variables in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska.

The governor of Alaska has proposed a bill which puts limits on sex education and teacher bonuses. This bill will require permission from parents for students to change their pronouns.

Hundreds of weak earthquakes concentrated beneath the summit of a volcano west of Anchorage, Alaska, indicates that an eruption could soon occur.

A decision on ConocoPhillips Alaska’s Willow project, in a federal oil reserve roughly the size of Indiana, could come by early March. Q: What is the Willow project? But in Alaska, Willow represents the biggest oil field in decades. A: Biden suspended oil and gas lease sales after taking office and promised to overhaul the government’s fossil fuels program. The Biden administration has offered less acreage for lease than previous administrations.

A swarm of earthquakes have been recorded below the summit of a remote Alaska volcano, a possible indication of an impending eruption.

A swarm of earthquakes occurring over the past few weeks has intensified at a remote Alaska volcano dormant for over a century, a possible indication of an impending eruption. The Alaska Volcano Observatory raised the alert level to advisory status for Tanaga Volcano late Tuesday after the quakes became very vigorous. “We started seeing a whole lot of earthquakes occurring, one after the other, several per minute,” said John Power, a research geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey stationed in Anchorage at the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

Walgreens found itself back in the news after announcing that it won't offer abortion medication in 20 states with Republican attorneys general.

An Alaska school bus strike has ended with a new 3-year agreement ratified with Durham School Services. The strike lasted for over a month due to concerns over pay and safety issues.

Automakers are testing new systems to help improve the range of their electric vehicles in cold weather, which can drop dramatically below freezing.

The race to Nome began Sunday for 33 mushers in this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska. Competitors will travel travel nearly 1,000 miles and the winner is expected to take about 10 days.

The race to Nome has 33 mushers — its smallest field ever — in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska.

The Iditarod, the world's most famous sled dog race, startsedSaturday with a fan-friendly ceremonial run through the streets of Anchorage, Alaska's largest city.

Brent Sass was just miles from fulfilling his dream of winning the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska when vicious, 60-mph (96-kph) winds whipped in from the Bering Sea, taking visibility down to about 10 feet (3 meters) and forcing him off his sled as his dogs hunkered down in the snow. “I did not voluntarily make that stop,” laughed Sass, who was nearing his first Iditarod victory last year but had five-time champion Dallas Seavey just a few miles behind. Sass regrouped and led his team of 11 dogs off the Bering Sea ice and down Nome’s main street to the iconic burled arch finish line, winning the Iditarod, the world's most famous sled dog race, in his seventh attempt.

Many electric vehicle batteries lose power when it's very cold.

The Biden administration is weighing approval of a major oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope that supporters say represents an economic lifeline for Indigenous communities but environmentalists say runs counter to President Joe Biden’s climate goals.

The northern lights were captured on video Sunday, with green lights dancing over the skies of Anchorage, Alaska. The lights were seen as far south as Ohio.

Alaska's ACLU is suing the corrections agency on behalf of four plaintiffs who claim they were denied access to transitional programs after their release date was moved up.

President Biden's administration spent at least $1.5 million shooting down three unidentified "objects" over the U.S. and Canada earlier this month, reports say.

State Rep. David Eastman said it's been argued that cases of fatal child abuse can be a "cost savings" because the child won't need related government services.

Lawmakers in the Alaska state capitol voted overwhelmingly to censure one of its members who suggested the government could benefit in a fatal child abuse case.

An Alaska lawmaker with a history of incendiary remarks has been censured by the state House.

An Alaska lawmaker with a history of incendiary remarks was censured by the state House Wednesday after he said it has been argued that cases of fatal child abuse can be a “cost savings” because the child won't need related government services. The House voted 35-1 to censure Republican Rep. David Eastman of Wasilla, with Eastman the lone dissent. Eastman was previously censured, in 2017, over comments he made suggesting there are women in Alaska who try to get pregnant to get a “free trip to the city” for abortions.

A video out of Anchorage, Alaska shows a woman being kicked in the head by a moose while walking her dog. A passerby caught the incident on camera, and stopped to provide aid.

We saw China's spy flights up close. This key outpost stands up to our enemies and is home to more fifth-generation fighter jets than anywhere in the world.

A woman in Anchorage, Alaska, is recovering from her injuries after she was kicked in the head by a moose while walking her dog last week, in a shocking moment captured on video.

A building in Alaska collapsed Friday night killing one victim and leaving two others hospitalized. Officials said more than 10 people were inside when the building collapsed.

Alaska woman Denali Brehmer pleaded guilty to killing best friend Cynthia Hoffman in 2019. Investigators say she was catfished by a man online who promised her millions for killing.

National Geographic announced the winning photographs from its first "Pictures of the Year" photo competition. Here are eight of them.

Sen. Ted Cruz has criticized President Joe Biden after a hobbyist group offered evidence to suggest the U.S. Air Force may have shot down one of their globe-trotting balloons.

Sen. Ted Cruz has criticized President Joe Biden after a hobbyist group offered evidence to suggest the U.S. Air Force may have shot down one of their globe-trotting balloons.

This was the second intercept — when an aircraft makes visual or electronic contact with another plane — in two days.

A well-timed plasma eruption from the sun delivered a Valentine's Day night of auroral splendor for Alaska-based polar lights photographers.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command, which intercepted four Russian aircraft on Monday, says it is holding a planned “air defense” exercise today.

'The Five' co-hosts discuss why President Biden has not addressed the nation after three unidentified flying objects were shot down over the U.S. and Canada in one weekend.

The errant path of the large Chinese spy balloon across Alaska and the continental United States may have been caused by unusual weather conditions that pulled it off course.

The Russian activity in the North American ADIZ was not seen as provocative.

The hot air over the balloons ought to give U.S. strategists pause.

Crews found "significant debris" from the suspected spy craft off the South Carolina coast, say the US military.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that on his order a U.S. fighter jet has shot down an “unidentified object” flying high over northern Canada.

A U.S. military fighter jet has shot down an unknown object flying off the northern coast of Alaska.

Officials say a polar bear that killed a young mother and her baby Jan. 17 in western Alaska was likely an older animal in poor physical condition.

Republican lawmakers are accusing China of deliberately surveilling sensitive U.S. military sites with a suspected spy balloon.

Federal environmental regulators have blocked a proposed Alaska mine heralded by backers as the most significant undeveloped copper and gold resource globally.

A polar bear attack that killed a mother and her 1-year-old son in far western Alaska this week underscores the risks of living alongside the world's largest land carnivores and has renewed interest in prevention programs known as bear patrols.

Officials in Alaska say a mother and her 1-year-old boy were killed by a polar bear this week as she walked about 150 yards from a school to a health clinic.

Alaska State Troopers say that a 24-year-old woman and her 1-year-old son have been identified as the victims of a fatal polar bear attack in an isolated Alaska Native village.

Alaska State Troopers say a polar bear has attacked and killed two people in a remote western Alaska village.

Government officials say documents aimed at helping Alaska Natives apply for aid following typhoon damage last fall featured nonsensical phrases instead of useful instructions.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is proposing the state capitalize on carbon markets to help shore up revenues long reliant from the proceeds from oil and gas.

The National Park Service is proposing a rule that would prohibit bear baiting in national preserves in Alaska.

Alaska state Rep. David Eastman has testified that anyone who broke the law during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, should be prosecuted.

A trial has started to determine whether an Alaska lawmaker is disqualified from holding office because of ties to the far-right Oath Keepers group.

Dead and dying seabirds collected on the coasts of the northern Bering and southern Chukchi seas over the past six years reveal how the Arctic’s fast-changing climate is threatening the ecosystems and people who live there.

Santa and Mrs. Claus left Rudolph at home to catch a ride recently on an Alaska Air National Guard cargo plane to visit the Inupiac village of Nuiqsut, about 30 miles south of the Arctic Ocean.

Much of the Arctic is in a burst of freak December warming.

Pfizer said its updated COVID-19 booster may offer some protection against newly emerging omicron mutants even though it’s not an exact match.

The Indian Health Service says all tribal members covered by the federal agency will be offered a vaccine at every appointment, when appropriate.

Republicans' wait for a majority in the U.S. House dragged into another day Tuesday.

For more than three decades, members of the Anchorage Zen Community have gathered in unusual venues with the same intention: simply to sit and meditate in silence.

The Alaska Native village of Shishmaref is located on a sinking barrier island in the Chukchi Sea near the Bering Strait that separates the U.S. and Russia, where it is constantly threatened by the effects of climate change.

A young bar-tailed godwit appears to have set a non-stop distance record for migratory birds by flying at least 13,560 kilometers (8,435 miles) from Alaska to the Australian state of Tasmania.

Alaska's senior U.S. senator says 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.

We’re getting a sneak peek at what this winter season could like -- and feel like -- in Michigan.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola received a hero’s welcome Thursday when the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress gave the keynote address at the Alaska Federation of Natives conference in Anchorage.

Most Americans are used to casting their ballot for a single person for each office.

Rising suicide rates among active service members have forced the Pentagon to review the military's mental health protocols.

A reality television star and Iditarod musher was injured this week while helping clean up extreme storm damage along the Bering Sea coast in western Alaska.

The U.S. Coast Guard says a ship on routine patrol in the Bering Sea came across a guided missile cruiser from China.

Authorities are making contact with some of the most remote villages in the United States to determine the need for food and water and assess damage from a massive weekend storm that flooded communities dotting Alaska’s vast western coast.

Flood waters are receding in parts of western Alaska battered by the worst storm in a half century.

A powerful storm traveling north through the Bering Strait is causing widespread flooding in several western Alaska coastal communities, knocking out power and sending residents to higher ground.

Residents on Alaska’s vast and sparsely populated western coast braced for what forecasters said could be one of the worst in recent history, accompanied by strong winds and high surf that could knock out power and cause flooding.

A vast swath of western Alaska could see flooding and high winds as the remnants of Typhoon Merbok move toward the Bering Sea region.

Firefighters made progress against a huge Northern California wildfire that was still growing and threatening thousands of mountain homes, while crews also battled major blazes Sunday in Oregon and Washington.

Alaska State Troopers say a Michigan man suffered serious puncture wounds to his arms during a bear mauling in Alaska.

Demolition is scheduled to begin this week on a once-opulent downtown Anchorage movie theater designed by the architect of Hollywood’s famed Pantages Theater.