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.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A linguist renowned for his work with Alaska Native languages has died.
TASIILAQ, Greenland (AP) — Greenlanders are giving Donald Trump the cold shoulder.
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the real facts:
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities have released the names of the four people killed when a small airplane slammed into a mountain near the Alaska resort town of Girdwood earlier this month.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy plans to announce his final decisions on the state budget Monday.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A driver died and another was injured in a crash near Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's primary provider of real-time marine vessel tracking has lost a portion of its funding to cuts by the governor to the state's 2020 capital budget, a report said.
Linguist Michael E. Krauss, renowned in Alaska for his work with endangered languages, died Sunday, a few days before his 85th birthday.
Just over two weeks after a statewide launch, the official effort to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy has met its first signature collecting goal.Â
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A teenage deckhand, roused awake by water flooding his sleeping area aboard a fishing tender last summer in southwest Alaska, recalled taking a gulp of air as he cast about the vessel for an escape route as it was capsizing.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A witness told federal investigators he saw an airplane "performing aggressive flight maneuvers" shortly before it crashed earlier this month, killing all four people on board.
WASILLA, Alaska (AP) — A man reported overdue from a sheep hunting trip was found dead by searchers in the Eureka area.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska company has closed its sled dog camps early due to warm weather that has caused poor snow conditions, a report said.
A notice from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game states that the harvest in the first five days of the season is expected to meet the combined quota of 860 caribou in those zones.
Steven Harris Downs, 44, is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree sexual assault.
KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Country musician Zac Brown has lost a bid to limit snoopers on his private property in Alaska, the latest case where the desires of the wealthy or celebrity for privacy have been at odds with public access.
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Gov. Mike Dunleavy and University of Alaska officials have reached an agreement that would soften the financial blow the university had expected.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it has reached a settlement with the operator of a gold mine near Juneau over alleged discharge and reporting violations.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A judge has rejected a plea arrangement for the Anchorage man suspected of pepper-spraying a group training for non-violent protest.
The center specializes in developing and testing energy efficient and cold climate-centered building designs in circumpolar regions around the world.Â
The regents also will hold a public testimony call-in Sept. 9 to allow residents across the state to share their concerns on the matter.
The program, which serves more than 11,000 individuals, issues monthly financial assistance to low-income Alaskans over the age of 65.
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police said Monday they believe two teenage fugitives suspected of killing a North Carolina woman, her Australian boyfriend and another man took their own lives amid a nationwide manhunt.
Berry pickers beware. After receiving multiple reports of fire activity from the public over the past week, the Alaska Department of Natural Resource’s Division of Forestry in Fairbanks is warning the public that the Shovel Creek Fire is still active and can pose a danger to those recreating…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A retired University of Alaska Anchorage anthropology professor accused of decades of sexual misconduct is contesting the use of pseudonyms by multiple women who are suing him — a move the plaintiffs say amounts to intimidation.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police have released the name of a man who died in a fiery crash on the city's south side.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Biological oceanographer Sonia Batten experienced her lightbulb moment on the perils of too many salmon three years ago as she prepared a talk on the most important North Pacific seafood you'll never see on a plate — zooplankton.
Polar bears usually come to shore in mid-August, but residents have reported sightings as early as May in Kaktovik, a small town about 640 miles north of Anchorage, biologists said.
