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Anchorage, Alaska city guide: What to do and where to stay in America’s last frontier

CITY GUIDES: Alaska’s largest city is a place to climb mountains and meet local wildlife, says Alan Dymock, with post-adventure refreshments available in 12 different breweries

The Independent UK

‘Glacial Outburst Flood’ Sweeps Away Homes In Alaska Capital

A local emergency was declared after the Mendenhall River reached record levels due to water originating from a nearby glacier.

Zenger

Generational shift ushers in new era for Senate earmarks split - Roll Call

The retirement of key senators last year is reflected in the state-by-state distribution of earmarked dollars in fiscal 2024 spending bills.

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After a glacial dam outburst destroyed homes in Alaska, a look at the risks of melting ice masses

Residents in Alaska’s capital city have lived with periodic glacial dam outbursts for more than a decade

The Independent UK

Federal report sheds new light on Alaska helicopter crash that killed 3 scientists, pilot

A helicopter that crashed on Alaska’s North Slope in July, killing three state scientists and the pilot, stopped sending flight-status data to a real-time tracking system as it passed over the southeastern shoreline of an Arctic lake

The Independent UK

Alaska’s bursting ice dam highlights threat of glacial floods worldwide

While little known in US, glacial flooding could threaten about 15 million people around the world, researchers say.

Al Jazeera

Bursting ice dam in Alaska highlights risks of glacial flooding around the globe

The destruction that resulted from a glacial dam bursting in Alaska's capital highlights the danger such flooding poses around the world

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Authorities assess damage after flooding from glacial dam outburst in Alaska's capital

Raging waters from a weeked outburst of water from a glacier-dammed lake destroyed two buildings and undermined others but are now receding in Alaska’s capital city of Juneau

The Independent UK

Alaska capital faces major flood

"We didn't even think that this was possible," Aaron Jacobs at the National Weather Service Juneau told ABC News

Salon

At least 2 buildings destroyed in flooding in Alaska's capital from glacial lake water release

Officials in Alaska say at least two buildings have been destroyed and residents of others have been evacuated after flooding caused by a release of water from a glacial lake

The Independent UK

US deployed warships after China, Russia naval patrol near Alaska: WSJ

The US dispatched four destroyers after 11 Russian and Chinese ships went close to Alaska state, according a WSJ report.

Al Jazeera

US dispatches warships after China and Russia send naval patrol near Alaska

Combined naval patrol appeared to be largest such flotilla to approach US territory and ‘highly provocative’, expert says

The Guardian - US

Crammed with tourists, Alaska's capital wonders what will happen as its magnificent glacier recedes

A record number of cruise passengers are expected this year in Alaska's capital, drawn by wonders such as the long-retreating Mendenhall Glacier

The Independent UK

‘Cuddling’: Just what the doctor ordered for rescued walrus calf in Alaska

A walrus calf is being nursed back to health after being found on its own about four miles inland by oil field workers in Alaska

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Watch: Momma bear to rescue after cub tumbles down waterfall

A live web-cam has captured dramatic footage showing a brown bear rushing to rescue her yearling cub after it tumbled over a waterfall in Alaska.

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Fisker Unveils Four New EVs: Ronin, Pear, Alaska and Force E

Fisker has just unveiled its upcoming Pear and Ronin electric cars, its Alaska pickup truck, as well as its all-new supercomputer during its Product Vision Day.

Kiplinger

Alaska Ranks No. 1 As State With Highest Credit Card Debt

U.S. consumers are carrying Over $1 trillion in credit card debt, study shows.

The Week

Alaska cruise review: a voyage through the Inside Passage

If there’s one place in the world to coax a confirmed cruise-sceptic onto the water, it’s Alaska, where the spectacular wildlife and landscapes are all but unreachable by other means. Even the capital, Juneau, is severed from the rest of the state – and the rest of North America –…

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The Independent UK

Anchorage homeless face cold and bears. A plan to offer one-way airfare out reveals a bigger crisis

A proposal by the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, to fly homeless people to warmer climates or other Alaska cities underscores the homeless crisis affecting the state's largest city, and the very unique dangers faced by the unsheltered in an extreme environment

The Independent UK

AOC claps back at Justice Alito for saying Congress can’t have oversight of Supreme Court

Supreme Court justice criticised for flying to Alaska on billionaire’s jet

The Independent UK

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

The state of Alaska wants the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a federal agency’s rejection of a proposed copper and gold mine in southwest Alaska’s Bristol Bay region

LiveScience

Black bear caught napping in a bald eagle's giant nest on Alaska military base

Black bears sometimes raid the nests of bald eagles and expel birds too young to fly from them, which can threaten the local population of raptors.

The Independent UK

Anchorage mayor wants to give homeless people a one-way ticket to warm climates before Alaska winter

An unfunded proposal by Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson to pay for plane tickets in the winter to warmer climates for homeless people has caused a stir in Alaska’s biggest city

The Independent UK

Permafrost expert and military pilot among 4 killed in a helicopter crash on Alaska's North Slope

Friends and family are remembering the three passengers and pilot killed when a helicopter crashed on Alaska's remote North Slope late last week

The Independent UK

Bodies of 4 killed in Alaska helicopter crash are recovered from lake

Authorities in Alaska say search and rescue divers have recovered the bodies of a helicopter pilot and three state scientists whose aircraft went down in a shallow lake last week

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