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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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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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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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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Researcher missing after falling into stream on Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier
By Becky Bohrer Local ice rescue team responded but determined that efforts to find the man would be too dangerous
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Moose collision with kills driver, injures passenger near Alaska’s Denali National Park
24-year-old male driver from Bulgaria was pronounced dead at the scene A driver was killed and a passenger in his
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Canadians are forgoing U.S. travel this year; might they come to Nunavut instead?
Some people working in Nunavut’s travel and tourism industry say there are signs the territory could benefit as Canadians forgo
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Cruise ship passenger missing in Alaska after leaving ship to hike
62-year-old woman from Kentucky got off the Norwegian Bliss in Juneau on Tuesday Authorities were searching for a woman visiting
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women awareness week observed in the U.S.
This week marks Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Awareness Week across the U.S., and on Wednesday, Senator Brian Schatz
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5 projects vie for $1M Arctic Inspiration Prize
Five projects from across the North have been named finalists for a $1-million investment through the 2025 Arctic Inspiration Prize.
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Investigators say Alaska plane overweight for icy conditions in crash that killed 10
By Becky Bohrer, Mark Thiessen Bering Air crash on Feb. 6 was one of Alaska’s deadliest plane crashes this century A
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Experts and recovery teams hope to reach site of Alaska avalanche that buried 3 skiers
Authorities in Alaska said they would attempt Thursday to reach the site of an avalanche that trapped three skiers, who
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Avalanche buries at least 3 skiers near Anchorage, Alaska, officials say
An avalanche in Alaska backcountry swept up and buried three skiers under a blanket of snow that could be as
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