Dead salmon have shown up in river systems throughout Alaska and the mortalities are probably connected to warm water or low river water levels, said Sam Rabung, director of commercial fisheries for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Attorneys general from a dozen western states want the Trump administration to halt a proposal by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that they say usurps states' authority over their own water.
Just two days past the 22-week mark, Courtney went into labor.
Percival made his way into the world on Jan. 13, more than four months before his May 17 due date. He weighed only 1 pound, 3 ounces.Â
Lanier says the reasons given were recent scratches in the race and feedback from officials of the Yukon Quest race between Fairbanks and Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. Lanier finished the Yukon Quest last year in a little more than 12 days.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency says a decision on an application for an Alaska mine will not be his to make, a report said.
TASIILAQ, Greenland (AP) — From a helicopter, Greenland's brilliant white ice and dark mountains make the desolation seem to go on forever. And the few people who live here — its whole population wouldn't fill a football stadium — are poor, with a high rate of substance abuse and suicide.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An independent review has found credible accusations of past sexual misconduct against seven clergy members of an Alaska Catholic diocese, including a former priest who died in a July plane crash and another priest who was placed on administrative leave in recent mon…
The Pentagon decision, which went into effect Thursday, citing design problems with the Redesigned Kill Vehicle component that "were so significant as to be either insurmountable or too costly to correct."
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy has appointed two new members to the state human rights commission.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Trolling off the California coast, Sarah Bates leans over the side of her boat and pulls out a long, silvery fish prized by anglers and seafood lovers: wild king salmon.
Dunleavy's office said Thursday he has appointed Bruce Schulte to the Marijuana Control Board.
Schulte is a former board chairman who was booted in 2016 by then-Gov. Bill Walker.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A state representative and a deputy commissioner in the Department of Administration are among the three nominees selected by Republican officials for a vacant Alaska Senate seat.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 26-year-old Virginia soldier assigned to Alaska has died of injuries suffered in a weekend motorcycle crash.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 30-year-old man convicted of trying to kill an Anchorage police officer has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison.
BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's conservation department has joined the U.S. Coast Guard in overseeing removal of diesel fuel tanks near a rapidly eroding riverbank, officials said.
KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's Kenai Peninsula has gone without rain for more than three weeks, although experts believe some precipitation could arrive this weekend, a report said.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on Alaska wildfires (all times local):
The cancellation raises questions about the Pentagon's continued reliance on the existing "kill vehicle" on its interceptor fleet in Alaska.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Four Alaska lawmakers received the maximum allowable daily allowances for the time between the end of the drawn-out regular session in May and passage of a state operating budget nearly a month later, legislative records show.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — In a story Aug. 11 about Alaska salmon hatcheries, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Alaska salmon hatcheries release 1.8 billion pink salmon fry annually. Total Alaska hatchery releases of all salmon and rainbow trout in 2018 was 1.8 billion fish, with …
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's governor has vetoed additional funding for the state's ferry service.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 30-year-old man convicted of firing a handgun at an Anchorage police officer will be sentenced Wednesday.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Juneau resident died in a fire that started in a home kitchen.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska wildfire officials are reviewing their initial assessment of the cause of a weekend fire that burned at least 50 structures along the main highway between Anchorage and Fairbanks.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on Alaska wildfires (all times local):
Summer this year is hitting Greenland hard with record-shattering heat and extreme melt. By the end of the summer, about 440 billion tons of ice — maybe more — will have melted or calved off Greenland's giant ice sheet, scientists estimate. Â
Frost was reported in low-lying areas overnight in the Fairbanks area this morning, while Tok and other communities to the east had temperatures in the 20s Monday morning.
BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska school district must quickly remove diesel fuel from a school's tanks to prevent harm to the environment, officials said.
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation is reviewing the draft State Implementation Plan, or SIP, after a public comment period that ended last month.
The University of Alaska Board of Regents will meet Tuesday morning to reconsider a financial exigency declaration made last month in the wake of a possible $130 million cut in state funding that has now been reduced.
Alaska generally sees wildfires subside by August. However, July was the warmest month ever recorded in Alaska and hot, dry conditions have persisted.
A wave of ice and water sprayed over them. At one point, Hooper said, he let go of his camera to shield himself from the ice.
"We were way too close," he said.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on Alaska Wildfires (all times local):
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska wrongful death lawsuit blames a natural gas company and the owners of a mobile home for a fire that killed five young girls who had been left home alone, a report said.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The daughter of a recently-deceased Alaska state senator applied to fill his vacant seat, a report said.
DENVER (AP) — From a tiny Pacific island to a leafy Indiana forest, a handful of sites where the United States manufactured and tested some of the most lethal weapons known to humankind are now peaceful havens for wildlife.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man discovered a 50-year-old letter in a bottle from the Russian Navy on the shores of western Alaska.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Power has been restored to thousands of people in Alaska after strong winds caused multiple power outages.
Six sites where the U.S. government manufactured or tested some of its most lethal weapons have been converted to wildlife refuges managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — It can be hard to keep smiles healthy in rural areas, where dentists are few and far between and residents often are poor and lack dental coverage. Efforts to remedy the problem have produced varying degrees of success.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — It can be hard to keep smiles healthy in rural areas, where dentists are few and far between and residents often are poor and lack dental coverage. Efforts to remedy the problem have produced varying degrees of success.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska has been America's canary in the coal mine for climate warming, and the yellow bird is swooning.
BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska school district has a plan for multiple diesel-filled fuel tanks bordering a river after erosion threatens an environmental disaster, officials said.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — More than 11,000 people are employed in Alaska's art industry, which adds $1.4 billion to the state's economy, according to the National Endowment for the Arts chairwoman, who spoke ahead of the governor's funding decisions.
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — More than 100 pilgrims ventured to Monk's Lagoon on Spruce Island to mark the 49th Annual St. Herman of Alaska Pilgrimage on Aug. 8. Walking up the small wooden chapel where St. Herman lived and prayed, countless footsteps were muffled by thick beds of moss while a cano…
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Not every item in Juneau's 25-year-old time capsule is valuable, but the eclectic trove of decades-old ephemera is still treasured by Michael Orelove.
KENAI, Alaska (AP) — For members of the military, especially those deployed overseas, vacations can be few and far between. That's where organizations like the Kenai River Foundation have stepped in, to give men and women in uniform a chance to relax and bond while reeling in a few fish.
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As of 2 p.m. Friday, Cowen said most of the heavy rain moved south of Salcha and should continue in that direction, with some showers lingering in the Fairbanks area and tapering off Friday evening.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Thieves used a stolen van to make off with an ATM from a downtown Juneau hotel.
