Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Alaska

Meet the Republican team behind the House’s newest Democrat - Roll Call

Has Rep. Mary Peltola started a new staffing trend? Her decision to hire Don Young’s chief of staff has raised eyebrows in Washington.

Roll Call

Commentary: How the US came to protect the natural world — and exploit it at the same time

You might come across the remnants of a tramway or a pile of mine tailings or a rusted tank — if you know where to look in Death Valley National Park, Wrangell-St. Elias Park and Preserve in Alaska, Glacier Peak Wilderness in Washington’s Cascade Mountains or Bears Ears National Monument…

Los Angeles Times

VIEWPOINT 2: A good idea deserves a tryout

Ranked choice voting is gaining ground across America. In August, Alaska ran its first election using the method, joining Maine, New York City and many smaller communities.

Tribune News Service

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

VIEWPOINT 1: Ranked choice voting is a reform whose time has come

Ranked choice voting (RCV) is having its biggest year ever. It’s growing in red, blue and purple states. It’s a nonpartisan reform that gives voters more choice and more voice and gives candidates incentives to run better campaigns. In short, it’s a better way to vote.

Tribune News Service

US coast guard confirms Chinese and Russian warships off Alaska

Seven vessels from China and Russia were seen in formation off Aleutian Islands

The Independent UK

Alaska landslide damages 3 homes, 'squishes' pickup

A landslide triggered by record rainfall significantly damaged three homes, prompted the evacuation of about a dozen residents and caused power outages in downtown Juneau, Alaska’s capital city

The Independent UK

US patrol spots Chinese, Russian naval ships off Alaskan island

Coast Guard to match ‘presence with presence’ with ‘strategic competitors’ who operate in and around US waters.

Al Jazeera

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Patrol spots Chinese, Russian naval ships off Alaska island

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

The Independent UK

Weather tracker: storms batter Alaska, Caribbean and Japan

Hurricane causes blackout across Puerto Rico while typhoon forces 8m to flee homes in Japan

The Guardian - UK

Repair work begins in some Alaska towns slammed by storm

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy says a weekend storm on the state's vast western coast has caused significant damage to roads and homes in some communities

The Independent UK

Boy, 9, savagely mauled by brown bear 'protecting her cub' on hunting trip

The young lad was attacked alongside a 41-year-old male relative as they approached a brown bear and her cub while hunting in the forest north of Anchorage in Alaska yesterday, according to State Troopers

Daily Mirror

Alaska hunter fatally shoots brown bear after attack left boy, 9, with ‘serious injuries’

An adult male shot and killed the animal north of Anchorage

The Independent UK

First Amendment Limits on State Laws Targeting Election Misinformation, Part IV

First Amendment implications for state laws targeting election speech.

Reason

Essential pieces of life in Nome lost in Alaska storm

NOME, Alaska – The storm that slammed Western Alaska over the weekend has reorganized the land.

Tribune News Service

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Alaskans pocket over $3,000 in annual oil-wealth payments

Nearly every single Alaskan got a financial windfall amounting to more than $3,000 Tuesday

WEKU

For the first time in 230 years, Congress has full U.S. Indigenous representation

As of Sept. 13, there are six Indigenous Americans represented in the House of Representatives, which now has Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Native Alaskan members.

The Guardian - UK

Surfing survivors, friendly sharks and Alaskan plastic: the 2022 Ocean Film festival

The latest UK tour of aquatic documentaries highlights the beauty and fragility of the blue planet – and human interaction with it

The Independent UK

Damage assessments begin in flooded remote Alaska villages

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

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - US

Alaskans grapple with fallout from typhoon-related flooding

Rising waters brought power outages, damage and concerns over surviving the winter as downpours also affected California

Axios

Three massive storms slam U.S. and Japan, each with climate change ties

Of all the storms, the Alaska cyclone was the largest, engulfing the Bering Sea.

The Conversation

Typhoon Merbok, fueled by unusually warm Pacific Ocean, pounded Alaska's vulnerable coastal communities at a critical time

The powerful remnants of Typhoon Merbok pounded Alaska’s western coast on Sept. 17, 2022, pushing homes off their foundations and tearing apart protective berms as water flooded communities.

Tribune News Service

Alaska Native corporation pursues Denali-area airport to bring tourists directly from Lower 48

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska Native regional corporation is working with state transportation officials and the Denali Borough on a proposal for a new airport that would allow Lower 48 tourists to fly directly to the doorstep of Denali National Park and Preserve.

Tribune News Service

As western Alaska storm weakens, damage assessments begin across hundreds of miles of coastline

The remnants of a massive Pacific typhoon that battered a thousand-mile stretch of western Alaska was dissipating Sunday morning, as it continued posing risks to communities on the Northwest Arctic coast. Communities to the south begin assessing damage from one of the worst storms on record.

The Independent UK

Flood waters receding after storm batters western Alaska

Flood waters have started to recede in some parts of Alaska after the worst storm in a half century battered the western coast, revealing debris that towering Bering Sea waves flung onto beaches and seaside communities

The Independent UK

Storm battering western Alaska causes widespread flooding

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 fleeing for higher ground

1 … 80 81 82 83

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

House of Representatives

1,336 stories

Coast Guard

935 stories

National Wear Service

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.