Tag: Alaska

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Woman gives birth while flying over Alaska and names baby ‘Sky’

Zach Halaschak · August 13, 2020 3:13 pm

The Wilderness Adventurer is shown Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, following its return to Juneau, Alaska, after one of its 36 passengers tested positive for COVID-19. The first cruise of the stunted season was cut short, and all passengers were required to quarantine at a hotel while the 30 crew members were to quarantine on the ship.

Alaska’s only cruise this year forced to turn back because of the coronavirus days after setting sail

Zach Halaschak · August 6, 2020 3:41 pm

Donald Trump Jr. points to his phone during a rally.

Energy and Environment

Donald Trump Jr. opposes big Alaska gold mine as administration moves toward approving it

Abby Smith · August 4, 2020 8:45 pm

Midair collision in Alaska kills state lawmaker and six others

Mica Soellner · July 31, 2020 11:59 pm

Canada issues stricter guidelines for people traveling through country to get to Alaska

Zach Halaschak · July 31, 2020 5:38 pm

In this photo taken May 14, 2009 and provided by the University of Washington, is the deployment of a hydrophone in Icy Bay, Alaska. Glaciologist Erin Pettit began a research project to find out what calving glacier ice sounded like to a humpback whale. The sound of the ice in the water turned out to be more interesting. Acoustic research in Alaskaâs Icy Bay and other glacier ice-filled waters found that the fizz created by the release of air bubbles under high pressure makes fjords with glacier icebergs the noisiest places in the ocean.

‘No reports of any damage’ after powerful earthquake rattles Alaska isles

Spencer Neale · July 22, 2020 4:14 pm

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, file photo, Alaska Airlines planes sit on the tarmac at Sea-Tac International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. Officials say an Alaska Airlines jetliner struck a brown bear while landing early Saturday evening, Nov. 14, 2020, killing the animal and causing damage to the plane.

Alaska Airlines flight forced to land after passenger threatens to ‘kill everybody’ on plane

Spencer Neale · July 13, 2020 11:11 pm

Biden and Trump tied in Alaska: Poll

Naomi Lim · July 9, 2020 6:58 pm

This is a picture of Tongass National Forest in Alaska.

Energy and Environment

‘There’s literally no downside’: Reagan-founded PAC pushes Trump to preserve Alaska’s Tongass Forest

Abby Smith · June 28, 2020 4:00 am

President Donald Trump stands in the Oval Office during the presentation of the United States Space Force Flag in the White House, Friday, May 15, 2020, in Washington.

The Last (and Final) Frontier: Why the Space Force belongs in Alaska

Gov. Mike Dunleavy · June 22, 2020 12:00 am

In this Monday, March 9, 2020 photo released by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), a Russian Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance aircraft, top right, is intercepted near the Alaska coastline. U.S. and Canadian aircraft intercepted and escorted two Russian jets that flew over the Beaufort Sea near the Alaska coastline, military officials said Tuesday.

Russian bombers and fighter jets intercepted within 8 miles of US airspace

Zach Halaschak · June 10, 2020 5:58 pm

Trump vows to campaign for anyone with ‘a pulse’ against Lisa Murkowski

Caitlin Yilek · June 5, 2020 12:53 am