#alaska

#alaska

He turned and knelt in the cabin, examining the fire through the windows. From here, he could tell how hot it might be, how fast it was ripping through the spindly trees. He scanned the forest for where to land. The crew decided on a spot a quarter mile from the fire with shorter trees that wouldn't hang up the parachutes. It was farther than they would have liked-the crew usually landed right on the edge of the fire-but it would have to do.

If the David B had anchored in Tracy Arm as planned, she and the others aboard would have been killed. A loud crash around 5:30 A.M. Alaska Time would have awoken them as the north fjord wall crumbled just in front of the retreating tongue of the South Sawyer Glacier.

Grain has been a strong and supportive partner as we built and expanded Quintillion's network in one of the most demanding operating environments in the world. Their long-term approach and sector expertise enabled us to strengthen our platform and deliver critical connectivity across Alaska.

Eaglecrest Ski Area, located just a 15-minute drive from downtown Juneau, spans 640 acres with a 1,620-foot vertical drop, offering a community-focused skiing experience.

Enzo attempted a double front flip at Alaska's Hilltop Ski Area. He comes pretty close to landing it, nearly getting his skis all the way around, but he just didn't quite get it.

Over the past year, a wave of high-profile development proposals - from oil fields and mining roads to timber projects - has reshaped a fast-moving debate, propelling Alaska into the center of the national conversation over how to balance energy production with conservation. These projects have revived long-running tensions over what the state's public lands are for, and who they ultimately benefit.

Whenever I'm asked about my recent trip to Alaska-a journey to visit Katmai National Park & Preserve and Kenai Fjords National Park-I nearly always mention the scale. The scale of the glaciers, the mountains, the sunsets, and the utter wilderness; every aspect of the landscape was just so much larger and more grand than anything I'd ever experienced. Magnitude is a continuous theme all across Alaska.

There was a time not that long ago in the United States when the federal government did not warn people about tsunamis in the aftermath of earthquakes. We learned the hard way - after a deadly wave traveled all the way across the Pacific - why we needed to invest in such a system. MIKE WEST: It was started in 1946, after an earthquake from Alaska killed 150 people in Hawaii.

Driving the news: The average award for 2026, the first of five years, is $200 million. Alaska, a rural state with unique challenges for health care access, got the second most funding after Texas, receiving $272 million. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) voted for the bill after being the focus of hours of negotiations with GOP leaders. The Wall Street Journal reported over the summer that officials had reassured Alaska's GOP senators that the state would do well in allotments from the fund.

One of his patients was 17 years old when he first examined her for stomach pain. McMahon discovered she had developed liver cancer caused by hepatitis B, just weeks before she was set to graduate from high school as valedictorian. She died before the ceremony. McMahon thinks often of an 8-year-old boy who showed no signs of illness until he complained of pain from what turned out to be a rapidly growing tumor on his liver.

Although hundreds of thousands of people embark on Alaskan cruises each year, I wanted to connect with locals and see more than just popular port stops. When my cousin moved to Anchorage, visiting him gave me the perfect excuse to do all of those things and explore the massive state on my own terms. So, we spent a week in late June traveling through Alaska in his converted school bus, far from the tourist crowds.

According to newly released American Community Survey (ACS) data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Alaska homeowners with a mortgage typically pay $1,000-$1,499 a year for homeowner's insurance, while those without a mortgage pay $800-$999; overall costs fall in the $1,000-$1,499 range. At the extremes, Alaska has 182,292 insured homeowner households in total-110,175 with a mortgage and 72,117 without. Among mortgaged owners, 10,862 pay less than $100 annually and 6,473 pay $4,000 or more.

The glacial release from Suicide Basin above Mendenhall Lake has begun, leading to a flood warning for Mendenhall Lake and surrounding areas while flooding is expected to crest at record levels.

The investigation revealed that the pilot, Eugene Buzzy Peltola Jr., had installed an unapproved external load, with moose antlers tied to the right wing strut, affecting the aircraft's flight performance.

Murkowski's memoir opens with her using a bucket in a remote Alaskan home, emphasizing her connection to constituents concerned with survival.

Rep. Jim McGovern criticized Sen. Lisa Murkowski for voting for a spending bill that cuts Medicaid and expands tax cuts, despite its serious flaws and implications.