The Latest Breaking News from Alaska

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.

InsideEVs · Aug 4, 2023

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.

Kiplinger · Aug 3, 2023

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 –…

The Week · Aug 2, 2023

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 · Jul 26, 2023

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 · Jul 25, 2023

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

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2023

Dive team deployed after helicopter crashes into Alaska lake; all 4 on board presumed dead

A rescue and recovery dive team was deployed Saturday after a helicopter with a pilot and three state workers crashed in a large lake on Alaska’s North Slope,

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2023

Jewish Teenager Dies Suddenly On Alaska Hiking Trip

Simon Mirkes, 16, collapses due to cardiac issues, prompting community support and halachic procedures.

Zenger · Jul 22, 2023

Helicopter crashes into remote Alaska lake, no survivors found, officials say

Officials say no survivors have been found after a helicopter carrying four people crashed in a remote Alaska lake

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023

See how an Alaska paddleboarder escaped a close encounter with a humpback whale

An Alaska man on a paddleboard escaped a close encounter with a humpback whale that surfaced right in front of him

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2023