Arctic Alaskan city of Barrow votes to change name to Utqiagvik
Utqiagvik. That’s the name that Barrow will now be identified as. By a margin of six votes, residents of Barrow
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With a possible pilot shortage looming, some in Alaska are especially concerned
In a state where many people live off the road system and rely on aviation for everything from grocery deliveries
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Alaska: Sudden crackdown on four-wheelers quiets Bethel streets and upsets residents
BETHEL — In the space of just days, a crackdown targeting four-wheelers and snowmachines on the streets in the rural
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Mackey withdraws from 2017 Iditarod for ‘health reasons’
Four-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey has withdrawn from the 2017 race to Nome because of “health reasons,” according to a
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Alaska’s heroin problem brings together state, local and federal leaders in search of a solution
BETHEL — Alaska’s heroin problem is significant, growing and, authorities say, in need of attention from all quarters to get under
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4 Point Hope residents charged in Alaska walrus kills
Four Point Hope residents are facing federal charges alleging they shot and killed at least six walruses for their ivory tusks
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Lockheed Martin’s first cargo airship is planned for deployment in Alaska
Alaska could be the home of the world’s first modern cargo airship once the aircraft rolls off Lockheed Martin’s assembly line in
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U.S. spy agency to release high-resolution 3-D maps of the entire Arctic
Following the public release of super-detailed 3-D topographic maps of Alaska last week, the United States government plans to gradually
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Alaska maps released this week are most precise ever
From the Aleutian Islands to the North Slope, Alaska’s massive and varied terrain has now been mapped in an unprecedented
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Rates of hepatitis C among young people increase across Alaska
The number of hepatitis C cases reported among younger Alaskans has increased dramatically, particularly in Southeast Alaska, according to the
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Kusko 300 boosts its purse again to a record $150,000
For the fourth time in five years, the purse of the world’s richest middle distance sled dog race will jump
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Troopers: ‘No survivors’ in midair collision near Russian Mission
BETHEL – None of the five people aboard two planes that collided Wednesday morning in the skies above a Yukon
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Someone is stealing roadkill moose from the side of Alaska highways
Don Dyer drove to Talkeetna to salvage a dead moose in the early hours of Sunday morning, but when he arrived at
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As an extravagant cruise ship comes to town, Nome confronts its future
NOME — Residents in this Western Alaska town awoke Sunday morning to the novel sight of the largest cruise ship that
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This Canadian just swam by riverboard nearly 2,000 miles down the Yukon River
A few days ago, at the end of a summerlong journey in which he navigated nearly the entire Yukon River
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