The Latest Breaking News from Alaska

Walmart investigates shootings at Ohio store and outside Alaska store

Shooter in Ohio wounded four people before killing himself, days after two people were shot and killed outside a Walmart in Alaska

The Guardian - US · Nov 21, 2023

New orphaned brown bear cubs at Brookfield Zoo first to arrive in more than two decades

The 10-month-old cubs were found in Anchorage, Alaska, by officials with the state’s Department of Fish and Game and brought to Chicago Nov. 4.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 21, 2023

Wells Fargo workers at two US branches of bank launch efforts to unionize

Employees in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Bethel, Alaska, make rare move to organize staff in financial industry

The Guardian - US · Nov 20, 2023

Anchorage adds more shelter beds after unusually high amount of snow and record outdoor deaths

Anchorage scrambled Tuesday to come up with more temporary housing for the homeless after back-to-back snowstorms dumped more than 3 feet of snow on the city in just nine days, an amount that is high even by Alaska standards

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2023

Alaska declares snow emergency as 4 homeless die from El Nino snowfall of 9 inches in 24 hours

You thought summer had some wild weather? Just wait.

Fortune · Nov 13, 2023

Anchorage adds to record homeless death total as major winter storm drops more than 2 feet of snow

Four homeless people have died in the last week on the streets of Anchorage as a major winter storm dropped more than 2 feet on snow on Alaska’s largest city

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2023

DeSantis leads Republican states’ attacks against public sector unions

From Florida to Alaska, workers are facing legal efforts to weaken their power by targeting union certification and dues

The Guardian - US · Nov 10, 2023

Approval of divisive Alaska oil project upheld in blow to US climate goals

Advocates warned of ‘tragic consequences’ should the project in a remote part of northern Alaska go ahead

The Guardian - US · Nov 10, 2023

Judge rules Willow oil project in Alaska's Arctic can proceed

The decision removes one of the last obstacles to the Willow project, which would be the largest oil development on federal land in decades, and has become a flashpoint for climate activists.

WEKU · Nov 10, 2023

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

A federal judge has upheld the Biden administration’s approval of the Willow oil-drilling project on Alaska’s remote North Slope, a massive project that drew the ire of environmentalists who accused the president of backpedaling on his pledge to combat climate change

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2023