Alaska: Series of missteps led to fatal crash of ACE flight 51
The National Transportation Safety Board amassed a file of more than 300 pages of documents while investigating the fatal March
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Society (USA)
Police militarization scrutinized in U.S. — including Alaska
Images of armored, rifle-toting officers and tear gas canisters dispersing late-night protestors in Ferguson, Missouri, which followed the shooting death
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Traditional foods making their way onto elders’ plates in Northwest Alaska
KOTZEBUE — Picking berries, drying fish, butchering seals: For lifelong residents of the Northwest Arctic, these aren’t just “traditional” activities,
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Rash of bear break-ins hits Northwest Alaska cabins
Northwest Alaska is having a cabin break-in problem. But in a twist, the issue isn’t troublemaking teenagers; it’s curious bears
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Woman mauled by brown bear on Cordova hiking trail describes attack
Thea Thomas tried to step off the trail as a brown bear sprinted toward her, chasing a friend’s dog that
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Competitor dies in grueling Alaska backcountry race
The inevitable has happened in the 32-year-old Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic, and 44-year-old Rob Kehrer is dead. A 10-year veteran
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Gold-dredging boats in Nome, Alaska get Coast Guard inspections
With another busy gold-dredging season underway in Nome, the U.S. Coast Guard just wound up an enforcement campaign to check
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Army uses Big Lake, Alaska as drop zone for paratrooper training
About 200 Army paratroopers from the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment jumped into Big Lake, about 50 miles north of Anchorage,
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Alaska Supreme Court affirms tribal court jurisdiction
The Alaska Supreme Court issued a decision today in a long running tribal court jurisdiction case. The case stems from
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NASA reconnaissance aircraft begins Arctic science flights out of Alaska
FAIRBANKS — A civilian version of the U-2 jet began reconnaissance flights across Alaska and the Arctic Ocean this week,
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Quaint Alaska town of Hope ‘exploding’ with outsiders, locals say
Renna Martin describes a typical weekend night during the summer at her beloved Seaview Inn in the community of Hope
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Opinion: Canister of bear spray is best bet for Alaska backcountry runners
Two women badly mauled by grizzly bears in the Anchorage area in less than two months, with at least one
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Merged Alaska Dispatch News website launches
The Alaska Dispatch and Anchorage Daily News websites Tuesday merged under a new name – Alaska Dispatch News. The new
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Fort Greely, Alaska may get new missiles
FAIRBANKS — While the successful missile test over the Pacific Sunday increases the likelihood for a $1 billion addition of
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IDs made in 1952 Alaska plane crash
Recent news that the remains of some of the service members who perished in a 1952 military plane crash in
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