Alaska

News from the state of Alaska

Jill Biden to stop in Alaska on her way to Tokyo Olympics

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WASHINGTON — Jill Biden embarks Wednesday on her first solo international trip as first lady, leading an American delegation to the Olympic Games in...

Biden ends large-scale logging on huge Alaska rainforest

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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Thursday it is ending large-scale, old-growth timber sales on the nation's largest national forest — the Tongass National...

Numbers explain how and why West bakes, burns and dries out

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The American West is baking, burning and drying in intertwined extreme weather. Four sets of numbers explain how bad it is now, while several...

Wildfires threaten homes, land across 10 Western states

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LOS ANGELES — Wildfires that torched homes and forced thousands to evacuate burned across 10 parched Western states on Tuesday, and the largest, in...

US drilling approvals increase despite Biden climate pledge

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BILLINGS, Mont. — Approvals for companies to drill for oil and gas on U.S. public lands are on pace this year to reach their...

Alaska GOP leaders endorse challenger to US Sen. Murkowski

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The leaders of Alaska's Republican Party on Saturday endorsed a challenger to incumbent U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who has been one...

Small plane lands safely after passenger briefly takes over

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JUNEAU, Alaska — A passenger on a plane bound for a tiny western Alaska community took control of the plane's yoke and caused it...

Montana man reunites with puppy after bear attack in Alaska

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Montana man was reunited with his 14-week-old border collie two days after the dog disappeared following a bear attack on...

High court sides with Alaska Natives in coronavirus aid case

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that hundreds of millions of dollars in coronavirus relief money tied up in court should benefit Alaska...

Boom in Native American oil complicates Biden climate push

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NEW TOWN, N.D. — On oil well pads carved from the wheat fields around Lake Sakakawea, hundreds of pump jacks slowly bob to extract...