Crews working to fix Alaska Native villages devastated by flooding. But will residents return?
By Becky Bohrer, Gene Johnson, Mark Thiessen More than 1,600 were displaced, many of them now adapting to different way of life
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Putin tells officials to submit plans for possibly resuming nuclear tests after Trump’s remarks
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered officials on Wednesday to submit proposals for a possible resumption of nuclear tests in response
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Archaeological site in Alaska that casts light on early Yup’ik life ravaged by ex-Typhoon Halong
Bt Becky Bohrer Winds and storm surge may have washed away thousands of unearthed artifacts A fragment of a mask
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Trump administration finalizes plan to open Alaska wildlife refuge to oil & gas drilling
By Becky Bohrer Decision paves way for future lease sales in coastal plain, an area considered sacred to Indigenous Gwich’in
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Officials work to stabilize typhoon-damaged Alaska communities before winter freeze
The mass evacuation by military aircraft of hundreds of residents from Alaska villages ravaged by the remnants of Typhoon Halong
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What we know about the devastating Alaska storm and the evacuation effort
1 person killed, 2 others missing, and hundreds being flown 800 kilometres to Anchorage after typhoon Hundreds of residents from
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North Alaska storms drive 1,500 from homes, 2 villages are decimated
By Becky Bohrer, Cedar Attanasio, Gene Johnson ‘It’s catastrophic in Kipnuk. Let’s not paint any other picture,’ said one state emergency official
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Indigenous villages in Alaska face ‘absolute devastation’ after Typhoon Halong
Republican senator says Trump administration needs to take climate change effects on Alaska more seriously One person is dead and
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Arctic seals, bird species in trouble on latest list of threatened species
Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the
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Greenland’s leader hails EU as trusted friend and urges investment in its minerals
Greenland’s leader on Wednesday thanked the European Union for being “a trusted friend” and urged the 27-nation bloc to invest
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Trump approves Alaska mining road to boost copper, zinc production
President Donald Trump on Monday ordered approval of a proposed 211-mile road through an Alaska wilderness to allow mining of
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Chunk, a 1,200-pound bear, wins Alaska Fat Bear Week contest
By Cedar Attanasio, Mark Thiessen ‘Despite his broken jaw, he remains one of the biggest, baddest bears at Brooks River’ Chunk,
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Airspace violations force NATO to tread a tightrope, deterring Russia without hiking tensions
NATO is stepping up aerial surveillance in the Baltic Sea, while France, Germany and Sweden are bolstering Denmark’s air defenses
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Russian warplanes detected flying near Alaska for ninth time this year, US military says
U.S. fighter jets scrambled to identify and intercept four Russian warplanes flying near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command
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Russia shows off conventional and nuclear military might in drills – and raises tensions with NATO
A swarm of Russian drones flies into Poland in what officials there regard as a deliberate provocation. NATO responds
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