Alaska woman sentenced for laser attack that injured Canadian military aircrew
Woman mistakenly believed helicopters had no right to fly over her property, court hears A woman from Delta Junction, Alaska,
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Society (USA)
Family of researcher who died in Nunavut want investigation report released: privacy commissioner
Nunavut’s privacy commissioner says the family of a University of Alberta researcher who died doing field work near Grise Fiord
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Villagers support critical lifeline in rural Alaska after plane crash kills 10
The small, striped plane rolled to a stop on a snow-covered airstrip in a remote western Alaska village not far
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Remains of all 10 people killed in Alaska plane crash recovered
The remains of all 10 people killed when their small plane crashed into ice on the Bering Sea have been
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Alaska search ongoing for missing small plane carrying 10 people
Officials says search for Cessna Caravan en route to Nome is hampered by weather, visibility An aircraft carrying 10 people
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Alaskans: Trump can rename Denali, but can’t force people to call it Mount McKinley
By Mark Thiessen President issued executive order last week to change name of North America’s tallest peak North America’s tallest
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Trump to change name of North America’s tallest peak from Denali to Mount McKinley
U.S. president to ‘restore the name of a great president … where it should be and where it belongs’ President
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U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for crew of capsized fishing boat in Gulf of Alaska
By Mark Thiessen Crew of 15-metre Wind Walker sent mayday call early Sunday morning that vessel was capsizing The search
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U.S. Coast Guard searches for survivors after fishing boat capsizes off Alaska
Crew of 15-metre Wind Walker sent mayday call that vessel was overturning The U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday it’s searching
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Alaska deer hunter found dead in apparent brown bear mauling, officials say
50-year-old Tad Fujioka of Sitka, Alaska, was reported overdue Tuesday evening A 50-year-old hunter has been found dead in an
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U.S. Navy apologizes for the 1882 obliteration of a Tlingit village in Alaska
By Mark Thiessen ‘The Navy takes the significance of this action very, very seriously and knows an apology is long
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Alaska’s Fat Bear Contest winner finishes ahead of the bear that killed her cub
By Mark Thiessen Grazer, a ‘formidable presence,’ beat the enormous and fearsome Chunk by more than 40,000 votes In a
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Alaska’s Fat Bear Week voting opens after an attack killed 1 contestant
‘National parks like Katmai protect not only the wonders of nature, but also the harsh realities.’ Let the chunk-off begin. Voting
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Iditarod head vet, Stuart Nelson, dies suddenly at age 71
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race’s longtime head veterinarian, Stuart Nelson, died suddenly this week, race officials said Thursday. It
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The chunkiest of chunks face off in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week
An Alaska national park’s yearly celebration of the beefy, brown and bristly is getting underway as some of the chunkiest
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