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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Weather equipment failures at Yakutat airport draw political focus, spotlight rural Alaska aviation challenges
Yakutat Airport’s weather system issues have finally caught a state senator’s attention, prompting a recent summit to find solutions and
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Alaska governor declares disaster after landslide kills 1, hospitalizes 3 others
Landslide also destroyed homes and infrastructure One person was killed by a landslide that prompted a mandatory evacuation in the
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U.S. report urges formal apology in final volume on Indian Boarding Schools
The U.S. Department of the Interior recently released the final volume of its report into the U.S. Indian Boarding School
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Japanese climbers finish a never-before completed Denali expedition
Toranosuke Nagayama and his two climbing partners spent more than two years planning a major expedition on Denali. “Alaskan climbing
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Agreement to limit cruise passengers in Alaska’s capital criticized as insufficient
By Becky Bohrer · The Associated Press Record of more than 1.6 million cruise ship passengers visited Juneau last year A new
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Alaskan authorities intercept Canadians allegedly smuggling drugs, firearms into U.S.
Officials intercepted a boat they say was travelling from Old Crow, Yukon, to Fort Yukon, Alaska Alaskan officials say they
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Malaysian climber who died near top of Alaska’s Denali identified
A Malaysian climber likely died of exposure and altitude-related illness earlier this week after sheltering for days in a snow
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Digital Archive launched in U.S. spotlights Indigenous boarding school history
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition has launched a digital archive they hope will educate people about Indian
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Japanese climber dies after fall on Alaska’s Mount Denali
Rangers found man’s body Monday, a day after they were contacted by family Rangers in Alaska have recovered the body
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Investigators say Alaska charter boat likely capsized after flooding, killing 5
Coast Guard ‘cannot definitively say exactly what caused Awakin to capsize,’ says lead investigator A fishing charter boat found partially
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