A southeast Alaska community wrestles with a deadly landslide’s impact
Jamie Roberts and her husband felt lucky when they found an A-frame cabin on forest-draped Wrangell Island in southeast Alaska,
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Musher’s win makes Iditarod history, but race is marred by 3 sled dog deaths
By Mark Thiessen · The Associated Press Dallas Seavey finished race Tuesday in Nome, winning for unprecedented 6th time Alaska’s annual Iditarod
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5-time Iditarod champion shoots dead, guts moose during the annual sled dog race
Race rules state that Iditarod mushers must gut, report any defensive killings of large animals A veteran musher had to
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Putin issues warning about western troops in Ukraine, highlights nuclear threat
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday delivered a blunt message to the West, warning that it risks provoking a global
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Hungary’s parliament ratifies Swedish bid to become 32nd member of NATO
President Viktor Orban expected to sign off after striking defence pact with Swedish PM last week Hungary’s parliament voted Monday
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Iceland’s famous Blue Lagoon evacuated as volcano erupts for 3rd time
Eruptions on Reykjanes Peninsula could go on ‘for decades, if not centuries’: volcanologist A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on
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Appeals court weighs whether to let stand Biden’s approval of Willow oil project in Alaska
An appeals court panel is deciding whether to let stand the Biden administration’s approval of the massive Willow oil project
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It’s so cold and snowy in Alaska that fuel oil is thickening and roofs are collapsing
Infrastructure and heating systems strained under -40 C temperatures Much of Alaska has plunged into a deep freeze. Anchorage has seen
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Anchorage ‘Pandemic of snow’ sets record for earliest arrival of 100 inches of snow
By Mark Thiessen · The Associated Press Alaska city is well on track to break its all-time record for snowfall Even by
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Turkey’s parliament approves Sweden’s membership in NATO
Decision lifts major hurdle to Sweden’s entry into the military alliance Turkey’s parliament on Tuesday approved Sweden’s membership in NATO,
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UN agency cites worrying warming trend as COP28 summit grapples with climate change
The United Nations weather agency is reporting that glaciers shrank more than ever from 2011 and 2020 and the Antarctic
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Lawmakers in Norway make a deal opening up for deep sea mining in Arctic Ocean
Norway’s minority center-left government and two large opposition parties made a deal Tuesday to open the Arctic Ocean to seabed
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British research ship crosses paths with world’s largest iceberg
Britain’s polar research ship has crossed paths with the largest iceberg in the world — a “lucky” encounter that enabled
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Search resumes for the missing after landslide in Alaska fishing community
Ground search teams returned Thursday to the site of a massive landslide that killed three to search for an adult
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3 dead and 3 missing after landslide rips through remote Alaska fishing community
By Becky Bohrer, John Raby and Mark Thiessen · The Associated Press · ‘Our community is resilient … and determined to find everybody
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