Articles tagged with alaska

Sat, May 19, 2012

Climber dies in 1,100-foot fall on Alaska's Mount McKinley

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A climber on Alaska's Mount McKinley died in a 1,100-foot fall that started with an effort ...

Tue, May 15, 2012

Brad Tilden becomes Alaska Air Group CEO

(Reuters) - Alaska Air Group Inc on Tuesday promoted Brad Tilden to chief executive officer, replacing Bill Ayer, who is retiring after leading the company ...

Thu, May 10, 2012

Slain airman's body found on Alaska roadside

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Authorities are investigating the killing of a airman whose body was found by the side of an Anchorage ...

Tue, May 08, 2012

Alaska militia members spoke of hanging bodies from lamp posts: prosecutor

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Three members of a pro-gun Alaska militia plotted to kidnap or kill two law enforcement officers for every ...

Mon, May 07, 2012

Trial begins of Alaska militia members accused in murder plot

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Jury selection began on Monday in the conspiracy trial of three Alaska militia members accused of plotting to ...

Fri, May 04, 2012

Valuable art recovered in Alaska wildlife trafficking case

By Yereth Rosen

(Reuters) - Federal prosecutors are seeking to take control of five paintings - one valued at up to $50,000 - seized in one ...

Wed, May 02, 2012

FBI, volunteers search Coast Guard station in Alaska murder case

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Scores of volunteers on Wednesday helped the FBI search Alaska's Kodiak Island near a U.S. Coast ...

Mon, April 30, 2012

Former Alaska mayor pleads guilty to child porn charges

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - A former Alaska mayor who served on a school board and once received a "Citizen of the Year" award ...

Wed, April 18, 2012

Man charged with snatching, killing Alaska teenage barista

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An Anchorage construction contractor was indicted on Wednesday on charges of kidnapping a teenage barista from a drive-up ...

Fri, April 13, 2012

FBI seeks clues to slayings at Alaska Coast Guard base

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Investigators hunted for clues on Friday to determine who shot two U.S. Coast Guard employees to death ...

Thu, April 12, 2012

Two Coast Guard members shot dead at Alaska base

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Two members of the Coast Guard were shot dead at a communications station on Alaska's Kodiak Island ...

Fri, April 06, 2012

Alaska predicts slowing decline in oil output

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Oil production from Alaska's North Slope will decline by about 3 percent annually over the next decade, a slower rate ...

Fri, March 30, 2012

Alaska, Exxon deal opens way for LNG exports

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska has reached a settlement with Exxon Mobil Corp and its partners to develop a huge, long-fallow oil ...

Tue, March 27, 2012

"Person of interest" in Alaska barista case pleads innocent to fraud

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - A man police have called a "person of interest" in the abduction of an 18-year-old barista from an Alaska ...

Sat, March 24, 2012

U.S. seeks more interest in Alaska offshore drilling

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Saturday said it would again gauge interest from the oil and gas industry to explore federal waters off ...

Sat, March 17, 2012

Alaska skiers rescued after being stranded by avalanche

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - Two back-country skiers who became stranded for hours by an avalanche were rescued by helicopter early Saturday morning, the ...

Wed, March 14, 2012

Man dies from injuries sustained in Alaska avalanche

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A second man pulled from an avalanche on Tuesday in the mountains near Haines, Alaska, has died, Alaska ...

Wed, March 14, 2012

Heli-ski guide killed in Alaska avalanche

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A back country ski guide from Colorado was killed on Tuesday in an avalanche while helicopter skiing in ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Factbox: Alaska Republican presidential caucuses

(Reuters) - The race to win the Republican Party's presidential nomination to challenge President Barack Obama moves on to "Super Tuesday" when 10 states ...

Sun, March 04, 2012

Toddler freezes to death in Alaska; mom charged

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A second-grade teacher and her companion face homicide and abuse charges in the death of the woman's ...

Tue, January 31, 2012

Heavy snows cause "moose emergency" concern in Alaska

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Heavy snows in parts of Alaska are taking a deadly toll on moose as deep snowdrifts force the ...

Wed, January 25, 2012

Alaska Airlines ends decades-old prayer card tradition

By Nicole Neroulias

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Alaska Airlines, America's seventh-largest carrier in terms of passenger traffic, said on Wednesday that it would end a ...

Wed, January 18, 2012

Workers pump fuel into ice-bound Alaska port to ease shortage

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Workers pumped emergency fuel supplies into the ice-bound Alaskan port of Nome on Tuesday to ease an energy ...

Tue, January 17, 2012

Workers pump fuel into ice-bound Alaska port to ease shortage

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Workers pumped emergency fuel supplies into the ice-bound Alaskan port of Nome on Tuesday to ease an energy ...

Wed, January 11, 2012

Russian tanker struggles to reach ice-bound Alaska port

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A fuel-laden Russian tanker and its U.S. Coast Guard escort struggled through treacherous, ice-choked seas on Wednesday ...

Mon, January 09, 2012

Alaska town buried in snow gets help digging out

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - National Guardsman were helping residents of the Prince William Sound fishing town of Cordova dig out on Monday ...

Wed, January 04, 2012

Navy veteran accused of giving second Alaska teen heroin

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An Navy veteran accused of giving a fatal dose of heroin to a 14-year-old girl had previously injected ...

Tue, January 03, 2012

Alaska man charged with manslaughter of girl's heroin overdose

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An Anchorage man accused of injecting a 14-year-old girl with heroin was indicted for manslaughter on Tuesday, five ...

Fri, December 30, 2011

Scientists monitoring restless Alaska volcano after ash plume

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Scientists were watching a remote Alaska volcano on Friday, a day after it belched out an ash cloud ...

Thu, December 29, 2011

Alaska teen girl injected with heroin at party dies

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A 14-year-old girl who was injected with heroin by a man at a party last week in Alaska ...

Thu, December 29, 2011

Air traffic alert after Alaska volcano spews ash cloud

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A remote volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands erupted violently early on Thursday, spouting an ash cloud 15 ...

Mon, December 05, 2011

Russian icebreaking tanker set to deliver fuel to Alaska town

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A Russian tanker with icebreaking capability will make an emergency fuel delivery to Nome, Alaska, after a massive ...

Thu, December 01, 2011

Icebreaker sought to refuel isolated Nome, Alaska

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A Coast Guard icebreaker cruising off the coast of Alaska after a research season in the Arctic Ocean ...

Wed, November 30, 2011

Missed Alaska fuel delivery causes worries in isolated Nome

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The Bering Sea city of Nome, still recovering from a massive storm three weeks ago, now finds itself ...

Wed, November 23, 2011

Occupy Alaska protestors keep vigil despite the cold

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Forget pepper spray. anti-Wall Street demonstrators in Alaska have a different challenge -- bitter cold that tests their commitment ...

Mon, November 21, 2011

Kenyan runner in Alaska loses feet to frostbite

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A top college runner from Kenya who spent two days lost in an Alaska snowstorm earlier this month ...

Wed, November 16, 2011

Alaska officials postpone decision on wolf kills

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska wildlife managers have postponed a decision on a controversial proposal to kill wolves in a region south of Anchorage, a ...

Thu, October 13, 2011

Cause of death unknown for whales found in Alaska river

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Veterinarians have not yet determined a cause of death for two killer whales that wandered far up an ...

Thu, October 13, 2011

Mysterious disease killed scores of seals in Alaska

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A mysterious disease, possibly a virus, has afflicted ring seals along Alaska's coast, killing scores of them ...

Sun, October 09, 2011

Two Alaska river-swimming killer whales found dead

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Two of three killer whales that wandered far up an Alaska river have died, apparently succumbing to stresses ...

Thu, October 06, 2011

Three killer whales loitering far up Alaska river

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Three apparently misguided killer whales are loitering far up an Alaska river and starting to show signs of ...

Wed, October 05, 2011

Alaska contracting scandal sparks call for House probe

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A key lawmaker urged Congress on Wednesday to probe whether a program aimed at awarding no-bid federal contracts ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Rat infestation leaves rogue ship stranded off Alaska

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A rogue fishing vessel caught in the North Pacific four weeks ago was stranded off the coast of ...

Fri, September 23, 2011

Tooth decay prevalent among Alaska native children

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Native Alaskan children living in remote villages have rates of tooth decay about four times the national average ...

Thu, September 22, 2011

Study finds tooth decay prevalent among Alaska Native children

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska Native children in remote villages have rates of tooth decay about four times the national average, a ...

Wed, September 21, 2011

Man expected to survive after Alaska bear mauling

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A moose hunter severely mauled by a bear in a remote part of Alaska had to travel by ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Alaska Airlines flight evacuated after bomb threat

(Reuters) - An Alaska Airlines plane landed safely on Monday at Oakland International Airport after a bomb threat against the flight was found on a ...

Fri, September 16, 2011

Hero rabbit saves owners from house fire in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A pet rabbit is being credited for saving its owners from a house fire in southeastern Alaska before it died of ...

Wed, September 14, 2011

6.1 quake strikes Alaska's Aleutian chain

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck on Wednesday off the western end of Alaska's Aleutian Islands chain, the U.S ...

Fri, September 09, 2011

Prehistoric clay disks found in northwestern Alaska

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Four decorated clay disks have been discovered at a prehistoric site in Alaska, apparently the first artifacts of ...

Wed, September 07, 2011

Worker killed in Alaska gold mining accident

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A worker at the Kensington Gold Mine in Alaska was killed in an accident on the job on ...

Fri, September 02, 2011

Tsunami warning lifted after Alaskan islands quake

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck on Friday in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska, the U.S. Geological ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

Alaska woman says she punched bear to save her dog

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A 22-year-old Alaska woman said on Wednesday she punched a black bear in the face to save her ...

Fri, August 26, 2011

Alaska files notice of appeal on polar bear listing

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The state of Alaska filed notice on Friday that it will appeal a federal judge's ruling upholding ...

Tue, August 23, 2011

"Angry mom" from Dr. Phil show convicted in Alaska

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An Alaska mom who touched off a furor when she was seen on the "Dr. Phil" show pouring ...

Thu, August 18, 2011

Mystery goo in Alaska now called fungal spores

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A mysterious orange goo that collected on shorelines in a village in Alaska is made up of fungal ...

Thu, August 18, 2011

Alaska student arrested, accused of having gun on school bus

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An Anchorage high school student was arrested on Thursday after he was found carrying a loaded gun on a school bus ...

Thu, August 18, 2011

Man in standoff at Alaska military base surrenders

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An armed and apparently suicidal man surrendered to police on Thursday after a four-hour standoff at the entrance to an Alaska ...

Tue, August 16, 2011

Moth infestation casts pall on Alaska berry crop

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - This year's blueberry season in Alaska's most populous region is a bust, thanks to a plethora ...

Mon, August 15, 2011

Packages at Alaska Congressional offices harmless

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Suspicious packages that turned out to be harmless prompted scares and temporary closures on Monday at the Alaska offices of all ...

Sun, August 14, 2011

Two dead, four injured in small plane crash in Alaska

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - Two people including the pilot and a teacher were killed and four others injured in a small plane crash ...

Wed, August 10, 2011

Alaska volcano erupting with lava streams from crater

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A volcano that has been erupting for several days in Alaska's Aleutian Islands may be preparing for ...

Mon, August 08, 2011

Orange goo washing ashore in Alaska is egg mass, scientists say

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A mysterious orange goo that washed ashore in an Alaska village last week and sparked pollution concerns turns ...

Wed, August 03, 2011

Alaska study finds female moose manipulate males to fight

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Moose-mating season, just around the corner in Alaska, means crisp fall days, ripe berries on the bushes and ...

Tue, August 02, 2011

Alaska salon patronized by Palin gets own TV show

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The Wasilla, Alaska, beauty salon credited with designing Sarah Palin's trademark "up-do" hairstyle will be the subject ...

Mon, August 01, 2011

Man completes 92-mile run of Alaska's Denali park road

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An avid marathon racer braved a mostly gravel surface, a sore hip and a close encounter with a ...

Mon, August 01, 2011

Man completes 92-mile run of Alaska's Denali park road

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An avid marathon racer braved a mostly gravel surface, a sore hip and a close encounter with a ...

Sun, July 31, 2011

Four dead after planes collide in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Four people were confirmed dead in a plane that crashed and burned after colliding in mid-air with another plane near Trapper ...

Thu, July 28, 2011

Rare fossil of sea reptile found on Alaska beach

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska scientists have discovered the fossil of a rare, prehistoric marine reptile that is likely the most complete ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Alaska to lose six rural newspapers next month

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Six small, rural newspapers in Alaska published by a Yupik Eskimo company are slated to go out of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Authorities will not hunt bear in Alaska attack

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska wildlife managers have no plans to hunt down a bear that attacked a group of seven young ...

Mon, July 25, 2011

Grizzly bear attacks seven teens in Alaska

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A grizzly bear has attacked seven teenagers in Alaska, injuring four of them, Alaska State Troopers said on ...

Mon, July 18, 2011

BP pipeline leaks oily mixture onto Alaskan tundra

By Tom Bergin and Yereth Rosen

LONDON/ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - BP reported yet another pipeline leak at its Alaskan oilfields, frustrating the oil giant's ...

Sat, July 16, 2011

No tsunami watch from magnitude 6.1 Alaska quake

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude rocked a portion of Alaska's eastern Aleutian Islands on Saturday, but no tsunami warning ...

Wed, July 13, 2011

Ancient, moss-covered canoe found in Alaska forest

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An unfinished Indian canoe, apparently abandoned five centuries ago, has been discovered in a remote section of a ...

Thu, June 30, 2011

Austrian climber missing on Alaska's Mt. McKinley

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Denali National Park rangers and volunteers were searching on Thursday for a missing Austrian climber last seen heading ...

Wed, June 29, 2011

Gas, oil abundant in Alaska's Cook inlet: report

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska's Cook Inlet basin still has potential for abundant natural gas and oil discoveries even after five ...

Fri, June 24, 2011

Major quakes strike in Pacific off Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A major earthquake of 7.4 magnitude struck in the Pacific Ocean more than 1,000 miles west of Anchorage on ...

Fri, June 24, 2011

Halted midnight solstice baseball breaks Alaska tradition

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Baseball fans in Alaska were fuming after a traditional midnight game, held every year without lights during the ...

Wed, June 15, 2011

Bald eagles attack post office at Alaska port

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A pair of bald eagles nesting near the Post Office in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, has taken to dive-bombing ...

Sun, June 12, 2011

Missing Alaska sled dog musher turns up alive, safe

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An Alaska sled dog musher who had been missing since the Memorial Day weekend has been located alive ...

Fri, June 10, 2011

Scientists warn of deadly shellfish in part of Alaska

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Public health officials warned Alaskans to avoid eating shellfish they harvest from the southeastern tip of the state ...

Fri, June 10, 2011

Palin emails offer inside glimpse, no big revelations

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - More than 24,000 pages of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's emails show her getting to grips ...

Thu, June 09, 2011

Residents flee as major Alaska wildfire grows

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - All residents near an expanding wildfire near Fairbanks have fled, making way for firefighters to combat the blaze ...

Wed, June 08, 2011

Residents flee as major Alaska wildfire grows

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - All residents near an expanding wildfire near Fairbanks have fled, making way for firefighters to combat the blaze ...

Tue, June 07, 2011

Indiana Gas Prices Fifth Highest In The United States

TERRE HAUTE, IN (WIBQ)  --  Hoosiers are paying the fifth-highest gas prices in the country. The Triple-A says the average price in Indiana is $4 ...

Sun, June 05, 2011

Troopers, friends search for missing Alaska dog musher

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - One day after police found the pickup truck belonging to a missing Iditarod musher, authorities and friends said on Sunday they ...

Fri, May 27, 2011

Five family members killed in Alaska plane crash

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Five members of a single family were killed on Friday when their light plane crashed onto railroad tracks near a small ...

Wed, May 25, 2011

Two climbers killed in avalanche on Alaska mountain

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Two climbers have been killed in an avalanche on Mount Frances in Alaska's Denali National Park, making ...

Wed, May 18, 2011

Five clam diggers found dead in Alaska

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Five commercial clam diggers have been found dead in the icy waters of Alaska's Cook Inlet in ...

Mon, May 16, 2011

Alaska bear hunter severely mauled by grizzly

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An Alaska bear hunter who was severely mauled by a grizzly over the weekend has been flown to Seattle in critical ...

Sat, May 14, 2011

Obama seeks more drilling in Alaska and Gulf of Mexico

By Jeff Mason and Tom Doggett

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama, under pressure from Republicans and the public to bring down gasoline ...

Fri, May 13, 2011

Injured man rescued near summit of Alaska's Mount McKinley

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A climber with a broken leg was rescued from a snowy spot 800 feet below the summit of ...

Wed, May 11, 2011

Alaska tug captain faulted for playing video games

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A safety-escort tug that ran aground two years ago on Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef, site of ...

Tue, May 10, 2011

Jammed river ice causes flood in Alaska village

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - More than a third of the inhabitants of a tiny native village in Alaska have been evacuated after ...

Fri, May 06, 2011

Sexually transmitted diseases go up in Alaska

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska has the nation's highest rate of Chlamydia and second-highest rate of gonorrhea as the sexually transmitted ...

Thu, May 05, 2011

Alaska says cases of sexually transmitted diseases rise

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska has the nation's highest rate of chlamydia and second-highest rate of gonorrhea as the sexually transmitted ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Alaska work-related deaths decline dramatically

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Work-related deaths in Alaska, led by commercial fishing accidents and plane crashes, have declined sharply over the past ...

Tue, May 03, 2011

BP to pay $25 million penalty over Alaska oil spill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP has agreed to pay a $25 million civil penalty plus interest to settle a federal investigation into a 2006 pipeline oil ...

Tue, May 03, 2011

U.S. to settle with BP over Alaska oil pipe spill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The government said it will announce on Tuesday a "major" settlement with BP Plc over an oil pipeline spill on Alaska's ...

Sat, April 23, 2011

Ted Stevens memorial holiday established in Alaska

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The last Saturday of July will now be known in Alaska as "Ted Stevens Day," under a new ...

Fri, April 22, 2011

Alaska cop found to be illegal immigrant: prosecutors

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An Anchorage police officer accused of being an illegal immigrant using a fake identity has been arrested and ...

Fri, April 22, 2011

Powder triggers scare on Alaska Airlines flight

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hazardous materials crews investigated an Alaska Airlines flight with 150 people on board at John Wayne Airport in Orange County on ...

Thu, April 14, 2011

BP Alaska president pleads for lower state taxes

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska must lower its state oil production taxes to attract the investment needed to boost dwindling flow in ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

Alaska to ban firing stun guns at wild animals

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska officials are moving to outlaw the use of stun guns to zap wild animals in America's last frontier.

It ...

Tue, March 15, 2011

First Alaska Native wins Iditarod since 1976

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - John Baker won the storied Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in record time on Tuesday while becoming the ...

Tue, March 15, 2011

Alaska Native wins Iditarod for 1st time since 1976

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - John Baker won the storied Iditarod Sled Dog Race on Tuesday in record time, becoming the first Alaska ...

Mon, March 14, 2011

Last defendant in Alaska corruption case pleads guilty

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The last defendant in a wide-ranging federal investigation into Alaska political corruption pleaded guilty on Monday to a ...

Sun, March 13, 2011

Jewish prayer ritual alarms Alaska Airlines crew

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An orthodox Jewish prayer observance by three passengers aboard an Alaska Airlines flight on Sunday alarmed flight attendants unfamiliar with the ...

Fri, March 11, 2011

Alaska militia charged in murder-kidnap plot

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Five Fairbanks-area residents involved in a loose-knit militia group have been arrested in connection with a plot to ...

Fri, March 11, 2011

Appeals court overturns Alaska lawmaker's conviction

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday threw out the corruption conviction of a former Alaska legislator who was ...

Fri, March 11, 2011

Alaska militia members charged in murder-kidnap plot

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Five Fairbanks-area residents involved in a loose-knit militia group have been arrested in connection with a plot to ...

Wed, March 09, 2011

U.S. deports Canadian in Alaska pipeline bomb plot

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Canadian man convicted and sent to federal prison for plotting to blow up the Trans Alaska Pipeline a decade ago ...

Mon, March 07, 2011

Krasinski reclaims Alaska hat in late-night TV skit

The It's Complicated star dashed onto the set of the Conan show when host Conan O'Brien refused to give back the headgear ...

Sun, March 06, 2011

Bountiful Alaska salmon harvest forecast for 2011

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The 2011 Alaska commercial salmon harvest is forecast to be one of the largest since statehood -- but that ...

Sat, March 05, 2011

Grueling Iditarod sled race starts in Alaska

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska's most grueling dog sled race started with an 11-mile jaunt around Anchorage on Saturday, a prelude ...

Fri, February 25, 2011

Alaska remains are oldest found in Arctic North America

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The 11,500-year-old cremated remains of child discovered in Alaska are the oldest human remains found in the ...

Fri, February 25, 2011

Alaska lawmaker seeks to change TSA search policies

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - State lawmaker Sharon Cissna was little known outside Alaska when she left on a trip to Seattle, but ...

Thu, February 24, 2011

Alaska lawmaker seeks to change TSA search policies

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - State lawmaker Sharon Cissna was little known outside Alaska when she left on a trip to Seattle, but ...

Wed, February 23, 2011

Alaska harvests more than half U.S. commercial seafood

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - If it were a separate nation, Alaska would rank as the 14th biggest seafood producer in the world, according to a ...

Thu, February 17, 2011

Alaska won't seek U.S. health exchange grants

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska Governor Sean Parnell said on Thursday his state will not apply for federal grants to establish medical ...

Thu, February 17, 2011

TSA-Iditarod breakup irks Alaska senator

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska Senator Mark Begich on Thursday blasted the Transportation Security Administration's decision to cancel a recruitment campaign ...

Sat, February 12, 2011

Climate change keenly felt in Alaska's national parks

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Thawing permafrost is triggering mudslides onto a key road traveled by busloads of sightseers. Tall bushes newly sprouted ...

Fri, February 11, 2011

U.S. icebreakers can't handle Alaska oil spills: official

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard does not have enough working icebreakers to respond to a major oil spill in Alaskan waters, the ...

Fri, February 11, 2011

Government sees major safety issues on Alaska oil line

By Joshua Schneyer

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. government investigation of the Trans Alaska oil pipeline has found potentially major safety issues on ...

Fri, February 04, 2011

Bell checked into Alaska hotel as co-star Danson's TV wife

The Forgetting Sarah Marshall star was thrilled to learn she'd be co-starring with Danson in new film Everybody Loves Whales - and she couldn ...

Mon, January 31, 2011

Tracks of two prehistoric birds found in Alaska

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Fossilized tracks from two newly discovered prehistoric birds have been found in Alaska's Denali National Park, according ...

Thu, January 27, 2011

Alaska promises release of Palin emails by May 31

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska officials must release by the end of May an estimated 26,500 pages of emails exchanged between ...

Tue, January 25, 2011

Boy dies from exposure in rural Alaska village

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A 14-year-old boy from the western Alaska village of Kipnuk died from exposure over the weekend after attempting ...

Mon, January 24, 2011

Alaska sexual violence far worse than reported: study

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - For every case of rape reported to police in Alaska, the state that consistently posts the nation's ...

Tue, January 18, 2011

Alaska oil pipe restarts, normal production resuming

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska's crude oil pipeline resumed operations on Monday, restoring the flow of about 12 percent of U ...

Mon, January 17, 2011

Alaska oil pipe restarts

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska's crude oil pipeline resumed operations on Monday, restoring the flow of about 12 percent of U ...

Thu, January 13, 2011

Alaska to shut oil pipe this weekend for bypass

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alaska's main oil pipeline will shut for 36 hours over the weekend to install a bypass aimed at restoring oil ...

Sat, January 08, 2011

Alaska oil pipeline disruption enters third day, boosts prices

ANCHORAGE/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A shutdown of the Trans Alaska Pipeline, which ships 12 percent of U.S. crude output, entered a third day on ...

Wed, January 05, 2011

Alaska crash that killed ex-senator prompts safety

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. safety investigators want all private aircraft to be inspected immediately to ensure that onboard transmitters that beam global positioning signals ...

Mon, December 27, 2010

Alaska certifies Murkowski's write-in Senate victory

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The state of Alaska certified Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski's victory over Tea Party favorite Joe Miller on ...

Wed, December 22, 2010

Alaska candidate loses bid to overturn Senate race

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Tea Party candidate Joe Miller on Tuesday lost his final legal bid to block the state of Alaska ...

Wed, December 15, 2010

Kate Gosselin Visits Sarah Palin In Alaska

SOMETHING UNMISTAKABLE HAPPENED on Sarah Palin's Alaska last night. Kate Gosselin questionably dragged her eight children to visit to the state that Palin ...

Mon, December 13, 2010

Miller takes elections case to Alaska's top court

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Tea Party favorite Joe Miller on Monday took his fight over the November election to the Alaska Supreme ...

Fri, December 10, 2010

Alaska judge rejects Miller vote challenge

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller lost a crucial battle on Friday in his legal challenge to the write-in ...

Fri, December 10, 2010

Aaron Sorkin Takes Aim At 'Sarah Palin's Alaska'

Playwright, screenwriter, television writer and occasional Huffington Post columnist extraordinaire Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network) has never really been one to find himself at ...

Sun, December 05, 2010

Climate change fans deep-burning fires in Alaska

By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Climate change is fanning longer- and deeper-burning fires in interior Alaska, changing the area from a carbon ...

Fri, November 26, 2010

Sarah Palin Holds Halibut Heart On 'Sarah Palin's Alaska'

Last night's episode of Sarah Palin's Alaska was significantly better than the first episode for a variety of reasons, even though it ...

Mon, November 22, 2010

Alaska candidate Miller sues over Senate election results

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller filed suit in Alaska state court on Monday challenging the election victory of incumbent ...

Thu, November 18, 2010

BP's probation over Alaska oil spill challenged

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - BP's Alaska unit should have its criminal probation revoked and be subject to additional penalties because the ...

Wed, November 17, 2010

'Sarah Palin's Alaska' Is Close To Really Bad

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Wed, November 17, 2010

Senator Lisa Murkowski wins Alaska write-in campaign

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski Wednesday became the first U.S. senator in more than 50 years to win an ...

Wed, November 17, 2010

Air Force stealth fighter missing in Alaska

ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - An exhaustive search was underway on Wednesday for an Air Force fighter jet that lost contact with air traffic control during a ...

Wed, November 10, 2010

Alaska senator close to history as ballots checked

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Rebuffed in her party's primary, Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski is now poised to become the first U ...

Mon, November 08, 2010

Sarah Palin overshadows Alaska in reality series

By Tim Goodman

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Not a whole lot has changed from the moment TLC announced it was making a reality series ...

Fri, November 05, 2010

Alaska Air CEO co-operating with SEC on Puget probe

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alaska Air Group Inc said in a regulatory filing on Friday that the airline and its chief executive are "cooperating voluntarily ...

Mon, October 18, 2010

'Sarah Palin's Alaska' Trailer Hits The Internet

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Sat, October 02, 2010

Boosters hope Alaska will be "Hollywood Far North"

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - On a crisp autumn day, as office workers went about their business, one of Anchorage's major hotels ...

Fri, September 17, 2010

Alaska Senator Murkowski to mount write-in campaign

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, stunned by a loss to a "Tea Party"-backed insurgent in last month's ...

Thu, September 09, 2010

Alaska seeks to overturn delay in Arctic drilling

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The state of Alaska on Thursday filed a petition in federal court to overturn the Obama administration's ...

Wed, September 01, 2010

Alaska Sen Murkowski upset by Tea Party-backed rival

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Senator Lisa Murkowski dropped out of the Republican Senate primary in Alaska on Tuesday, conceding to a Tea ...

Fri, August 20, 2010

'Sarah Palin's Alaska' to Air on Discovery?

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Discovery Communications has edged out rival A&E Networks in the bidding for Sarah Palin's Alaska.

An agreement ...

Fri, August 06, 2010

Bulldogs beat Alaska team in regional tournament

SPOKANE, Wash. (WSAU) – The Wausau Bulldogs still have a fighting chance in the national American Legion baseball tournament.

The Wisconsin state champs beat Anchorage ...

Fri, July 30, 2010

Four killed in Air Force plane crash in Alaska

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - All four crew members were killed in a U.S. Air Force cargo plane that crashed in flames ...

Thu, July 29, 2010

Four killed in Air Force plane crash in Alaska

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - All four crew members were killed in a U.S. Air Force cargo plane that crashed in flames ...

Thu, July 29, 2010

Dead whale found pinned to Alaska cruise ship

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A dead whale was discovered pinned to the bow of a Princess Cruises luxury liner near Juneau, the ...

Thu, July 29, 2010

Four killed in Air Force plane crash in Alaska

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Four crew members were killed in a U.S. Air Force cargo plane that crashed on Wednesday while ...

Mon, July 26, 2010

North Dakota and Alaska lead U.S. job creation: study

By Ellen Wulfhorst

NEW YORK (Reuters) - North Dakota and Alaska have added the most jobs, while Nevada, California and Florida have lost the most ...

Thu, July 22, 2010

Pipeline leaks in Alaska's oldest oil field

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An estimated 630 gallons of oil has leaked from a buried pipeline in Alaska's oldest operating oil ...

Sun, July 18, 2010

6.7 magnitude quake hits off coast of Alaska

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska on Sunday, but no widespread threat of a tsunami was seen ...

Tue, June 29, 2010

No talks on Alaska pipeline deal: TransCanada exec

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - TransCanada Corp <TRP.TO> would offer equity stakes in its $41 billion Alaska gas pipeline to companies proposing a rival project ...

Thu, May 27, 2010

U.S. to suspend Arctic drilling: Alaska senator

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration plans to announce on Thursday a suspension of offshore oil drilling in the Arctic until 2011 as a result ...

Tue, May 25, 2010

BP-owned Alaska oil pipeline shut after spill

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The Trans-Alaska Pipeline, partly owned by BP, shut down on Tuesday after spilling several thousand barrels of crude oil into backup ...

Thu, March 25, 2010

Sarah Palin to star in television series on Alaska

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sarah Palin, widely considered to be weighing a run for president, will be the subject of a U.S. television series ...

Thu, March 11, 2010

Teacher killed by wolves in Alaska, police say

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A schoolteacher found dead this week near a remote Alaska village was probably killed by wolves, Alaska State ...

Sun, February 14, 2010

ConocoPhillips' Alaska head dies in avalanche

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - The president of ConocoPhillips Alaska was killed in an avalanche and a colleague who was part of his snowmobiling ...

Mon, January 25, 2010

U.S. census to start on a dog sled in Alaska

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - When the U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 population count officially kicks off on Monday, the roughly 600 ...

Tue, January 05, 2010

U.S. to test emergency alert system in Alaska on Wednesday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will run state-wide tests in Alaska on Wednesday of the country's Emergency Alert System, which uses television and ...

Sun, December 20, 2009

Mercer facing $2.8 billion lawsuit in Alaska: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mercer is facing a $2.8 billion lawsuit by the Alaska Retirement Management Board that alleges the human resources consulting firm ...

Mon, December 14, 2009

Alaska governor expects oil-fueled surpluses

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska would have surpluses at the end of the current and 2011 fiscal years under budget proposals unveiled ...

Fri, December 04, 2009

Flu sends more Alaska Native Americans to hospital

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Native Americans in Alaska are more likely to be hospitalized with swine flu than whites ...

Mon, November 30, 2009

BP pipeline leaks near Alaska's Prudhoe Bay

By Joshua Schneyer

NEW YORK (Reuters) - BP Plc discovered an oil and gas spill on a pipeline that serves the giant Prudhoe Bay oil ...

Fri, November 06, 2009

Former Alaska Gov Palin Speaking In West Allis

WEST ALLIS (WRN) - Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will speak in West Allis Friday night. Wisconsin Right to Life is sponsoring the ...

Wed, October 28, 2009

Former CEO sentenced 3 years for Alaska bribery