Alaska

Inside the Alaskan village where nature, faith, and community come together

Far from any road, an Alaskan village reveals how nature, faith, and community can restore strength and purpose.

Photo of Alaska.
 Seismic waves are seen on a screen during a demonstration of an earthquake early warning system which triggers sirens if a nationwide network of 120 seismic monitoring stations detects a strong earthquake, at the Geological Survey of Israel in Jerusalem.

Earthquakes strike Alaska, Greece, monitors say

Researchers drilling into the permafrost.

Ancient microbes from Alaska permafrost awaken after 40,000 years

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a press conference in Beijing, September 3, 2025.

Putin says he is ready to meet Zelensky if he comes to Moscow


Trump admin to auction Arctic refuge oil drilling ahead of inauguration

The move is the latest step toward pulling off the first ever sale of oil drilling leases in a pristine area of the Arctic before Biden becomes president.

Sea ice floats within the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in this undated handout photo provided by the US Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska Image Library. The Brooks Range mountains, which are not part of the 1002 area, are seen in the distance. US Senate Democrats succeeded in bloc

‘We believe we will win,’ says Al Gross in lagging Alaska senate race

“With approximately 44.6 percent of the ballots not yet counted, we believe we will win once every vote has been counted in the state,” Gross said.

Candidates from top left: Rep. Susan Wild, Matt Lieberman, Jon Ossoff, Al Gross, Rep. David Kustoff, Eric Early, Rep. Adam Schiff, Rep. Dean Phillips, Rep. Elaine Luria, Lisa Scheller, Merav Ben-David. (Wikimedia Commons / Campaign images) Background: The U.S. Capitol building at dawn

Alaskan senator accused of antisemitism after ad against Jewish rival

The ad displayed the senator’s challenger surrounded by cash with the text ‘lower 48 liberals are flooding Alaska with millions’

Senator Dan Sullivan departs from a briefing on the corona virus outbreak in China in Washington

Al Gross, Jewish Dr. who killed a bear, raised $9M in Alaska's Senate race

The Gross campaign said donations surged after Ruth Bader-Ginsburg, the Jewish liberal Supreme Court justice, died last month.

Brown bear 747 stands in a river hunting for salmon to fatten up before hibernation at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, US, September 20, 2020.

Anchorage’s mayor resigns amid sexting scandal with antisemitic overtones

Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz resigned Tuesday, effective at the end of next week.

An aerial view of Anchorage, Alaska.

Brown bear 747 crowned fattest bear in Alaska

“This year he really packed on the pounds, looking like he was fat enough to hibernate in July and yet continuing to eat until his belly seemed to drag along the ground by late September.”

Brown bear 747 stands in a river hunting for salmon to fatten up before hibernation at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, US, September 20, 2020.

Trump-backed Canadian railway to Alaska could free landlocked oil

The $17 billion project was first proposed in 2015 by Canadian infrastructure financier Sean McCoshen.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hold a meeting ahead of the NATO summit in Watford, in London, Britain, December 3, 2019

Of Bears and Ballots - A memoir of Alaska

Lende, who has written three previous books about her life in the wildly beautiful, isolated, eclectic town of Haines, Alaska, here focuses on her time as a Haines Borough assembly member.

FISHERMEN PADDLE across Chilkoot Lake near Haines, Alaska

Trump administration ends ban on killing Alaska bear cubs, wolf pups

Under the new National Park Service rule, effective July 9, hunting on natural preserves in Alaska will be controlled by the state, which allows baiting of brown and black bears.

Mexican Wolf cubs, part of a litter of seven born this April, are seen in the Zoo of Los Coyotes in Mexico City, Mexico, July 14, 2017.

Alaska lawmaker apologizes after likening pandemic regulations to Nazis

A Republican state lawmaker in Alaska said he did not mean to offend people when he compared restrictions aimed at curbing the coronavirus pandemic to measures imposed by the Nazis.

NUREMBERG LAWS racial identification chart (Wikimedia Commons)