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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Northwest Alaska caribou herd may finally be growing after steep decline
The steep population slide of what was once Alaska’s largest caribou herd may finally be bottoming out. Lincoln Parrett, a
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Scientists calculate methane loads bubbling up from Arctic lakebeds
For the past 15 years, Katey Walter Anthony has been chasing the bubbles of methane that rise up from Arctic
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Oil producers balk following new study calling Alaska’s LNG project uneconomic
Even as Alaskans were digesting a new report asserting that Alaska’s liquefied natural gas project wouldn’t be competitive with other projects
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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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Eroding village of Shishmaref votes in favor of relocating to mainland, a key step
Residents of the coastal Alaska village with some of the worst erosion in the state voted this week to relocate rather
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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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Blog: Cruise through Northwest Passage has set sail
In 1969, the first commercial cargo ship sailed through the Northwest Passage. In 2013, the first bulk carrier traversed those
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Arctic fish populations changing as ice dwindles, report says
Pacific cod, walleye pollock and some types of salmon have been found in more areas of U.S. Arctic waters and
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Fairbanks restaurant passing off elk as ‘reindeer tenderloin’ gets hit with $50,000 in fines
A Fairbanks restaurant that knowingly sold New Zealand elk as reindeer pleaded guilty Tuesday after being criminally charged with violating Alaska
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Warming climate expected to squeeze out Arctic bird habitat
Many species of shorebirds that migrate to the Arctic each year to breed their young will lose substantial amounts of
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Research balloon breaks tether, floats away before falling into Beaufort Sea
A 13-foot-tall research balloon that was to float into the clouds on a mile-long tether above Alaska’s North Slope broke
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McHugh fire: Seward Highway remains open as fire officials watch for shifting winds
Growth of the McHugh Creek wildfire slowed Wednesday as firefighters worked to contain flames about a mile away from homes in Potter
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