George Bryson

Latest eruptions ground air traffic, dust Kenai Peninsula

Ash from Redoubt volcano is falling across the southern Kenai Peninsula, residents report, and commercial airline traffic throughout Southcentral Alaska has come to a near halt because of airborne ash.

Only 13 of 75 primary care doctors surveyed in Anchorage are willing to accept new Medicare patients, according to a UAA study.

On the surface, all was relatively calm at Redoubt volcano Tuesday in the wake of six hugely explosive eruptions the previous day and night.

An erupting Mount Redoubt exploded again this morning at 4:31 a.m. -- its fifth and strongest discharge yet -- sending an ash cloud to new heights, the Alaska Volcano Observatory reported. Ash is not expected in Anchorage or Wasilla at this time.

Small earthquakes continued to shake Mount Redoubt today after it erupted for a sixth time Monday evening. No new ash release has been reported today by the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

An erupting Mount Redoubt exploded again this morning at 4:31 a.m. -- its fifth and strongest discharge yet -- sending an ash cloud to new heights, the Alaska Volcano Observatory reported. Ash is not expected in Anchorage or Wasilla at this time.

In the midst of a nationwide nursing shortage, some hospitals Outside have gone to great lengths to recruit new personnel. In Alaska, however, finding new nurses can be as easy as showing up at the next University of Alaska Anchorage commencement.

Volcanic activity at Mount Redoubt rose sharply Sunday with tremors and small discrete earthquakes recurring as often as twice a minute, the Alaska Volcano Observatory reported.

Whittling down the crowded field of 15 mayoral candidates took another step forward Sunday during a well-attended candidate forum at Central Lutheran Church near downtown Anchorage.

Mount Redoubt released a plume of steam and ash that rose about three miles above sea level Sunday afternoon, and geologists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory immediately upgraded volcano's aviation color code status to orange and its alert status to "watch."

Good will and warm soup was overflowing at the Egan Convention Center on Saturday as live music filled the hall and some 1,900 colorful clay pots changed hands.

After nearly two weeks of seismic calm, geologists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory on Tuesday downgraded the volcanic hazard color code for Mount Redoubt from orange to yellow and its alert status from "watch" to "advisory."

A husky-mix dog from Western Alaska that tested positive for rabies after biting its trainer was euthanized in Anchorage on Sunday.