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An Alaska state trooper fired at a man barricaded in a home Tuesday but missed, troopers said. Authorities found a 38-year-old woman dead inside.
Some Mendenhall Valley residents reported waking up Tuesday morning to find a foot of water already in their homes. People trying to flee the flood zone encountered impassable streets.
The announcement follows major changes at the regional carrier, including a large cutback to the company’s workforce earlier this year.
Some workers described recurring problems that slowed them down and resulted in work being done out of the normal order, causing pressure to mount.
According to the Department of Health, 131 cases have been reported so far this year, compared to only 26 during all of 2023.
The water came on fast and unexpectedly — and then disappeared.
A 60-year-old Palmer man left Saturday for what was supposed to be an overnight hike to Bomber Glacier.
Alaska has only one seat in the House, but in a closely divided Congress, it’s one of a few swing districts.
The National Transportation Safety Board is holding a two-day hearing in Washington into the blowout of a panel from the side of a Boeing 737 Max airliner.
Alaskans will vote in “a pick-one primary,” choosing candidates for U.S. House, state House and state Senate.
The 27-year-old man was charged with attempted murder after the assault last week, according to a criminal complaint filed in the case.
The missing include two young boys, a family friend said. The U.S. Coast Guard suspended search efforts Sunday after the boat capsized Saturday.
Federal prosecutors say the men, one a guide and outfitter, violated numerous wildlife laws when they hunted a brown bear in May 2022.
Child care experts say the sector is already facing a crisis and worry the new schedules will make it even more difficult for families to find care for young children.
“It’s the largest car show in Alaska,” said Midnight Sun Street Rod Association president Raelyn McGinnis.
The new report describes a substantial cost for families above what they receive in state child care assistance.
The project included cutting-edge archaeological tools, including “underwater drones” that brought cameras to vessels that sank more than 80 years ago off the Aleutian island.
U.S. Coast Guard officials said a mayday call from a 28-foot vessel taking on water came in Saturday evening about 14 nautical miles west of the Homer Spit.
Fishing for the species has been slow as the calendar turns to August.
The edited footage made available to the public Wednesday shows officers fatally shooting 34-year-old Kristopher Handy outside his apartment in May.
The Dunleavy administration lifted the 19-year-old ban in 2020, but four nonprofits are suing to restore it.
An opponent of the multiyear bear-killing program is defending her standing to be a plaintiff against the state.
Geologists in the early 20th century described a massive 1899 earthquake that shattered glaciers, lifted areas of shoreline 47 feet out of the water, and caused the deaths of millions of organisms.