Alaska

The Alaska perspective: A reminder that the world doesn't revolve around Israel - comment

In Alaska, one is reminded that the world neither revolves around Israel nor is obsessed with it.

All of America, it turns out,  is not Mamdani’s Manhattan.
A sign for Republican Senate candidate Dan Sullivan is pictured outside of a PenAir airplane hangar where a campaign rally for the candidate was held on November 3, 2014 in Anchorage, Alaska.

Sullivan vs. Sullivan: Alaska investigates US Senate candidate who shares name with incumbent

Gary Sinise receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, surrounded by armed guard, 2017.

'I am a grateful American': Gary Sinise hopes to bring his mission of service to Israel - interview

BROWN BEAR 480, known as "Otis", stands in a river hunting for salmon to fatten up before hibernation at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, US September 16, 2021.

Two US soldiers wounded in bear attack during training exercise in Alaska


Fat Bear Week 2022: Who is getting extra fluffy for winter?

Only the chunkiest bear will come out on top. Which will it be? Vote now at the Katmai National Parks website!

 Grazer and her cubs in early summer, before they put on their hibernation weight.

Two Russians land on Alaska beach seeking asylum from Putin's mobilization

Alaska senators called for further preparedness in the Bering Strait in case more Russians begin seeking asylum.

 The island of Big Diomede sits in the morning mist on the Russian side of the Bering Strait as seen from the Russian research vessel Professor Khromov August 28, 2009.

Why Arctic wildfires are releasing more carbon than ever

More than 3 million acres had burned across the state – roughly triple what’s seen in an average year, but no longer unusual in a warming world.

 A VOLUNTEER WORKS to extinguish a wildfire raging on the federal highway in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia, last month.

Sarah Palin loses to Democrat Mary Peltola in Alaska special election

The election is the first one run under the state's new ranked-choice system. The special election was called after the death of Young, 88, who was first elected in 1973.

Former Republican Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin speaks at the 42nd annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland February 26

Why does an Episcopal church in an Alaskan town have a prominent Star of David window?

Was there a miscommunication in the process of designing the window? Did a synagogue somewhere else receive the window that was intended for the church in Sitka? The answer remains a mystery

An aerial view of Anchorage, Alaska.

Tons of greenhouse gases released due to thawing permafrost-study

From the desert to Alaska, a considerable amount of greenhouse gas is being produced and released into the atmosphere due to rapidly thawing permafrost.

Greenhouse gases

Elon Musk is a 'bulls**t artist' says Trump, claims Musk voted for him

"He [Musk] said the other day 'I've never voted for a Republican,' I said 'I didn't know that he told me he voted for me.' So he's another bulls**t artist," said Trump.

Former US president Donald Trump and Elon Musk are seen at the Firing Room Four after the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft on NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US May 30, 2020

Russian politician threatens Alaska, says 'we can claim it back'

The chairman of the Russian State Duma warned that Russia could claim Alaska if the US tries to "dispose of our resources."

 Statue of US Secretary of State William Seward at the Alaska State Capitol building , Juneau, Alaska.

The Arctic Council countering Russia in the Arctic - opinion

With the current dynamics of Russia shunned by the international community, the Arctic Encounter Symposium held a dialogue desperately needed.

FROM LEFT: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute Egede and Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod take an aerial tour near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, on the occasion of an Arctic Council ministerial meeting last year.

Neo-Nazi prison gang head Filthy Fuhrer convicted of murder, kidnapping

Filthy Fuhrer, formerly known as Timothy Lobdell, is the leader of the Alaskan prison gang the 1488s, whose influence reaches to prisons throughout Alaska and beyond.

A neo Nazi attends a rally in Budapest October 23, 2009. The words, the motto of the S.S., read "my honor is my loyalty"