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Latest Alaska News Reports
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Wildfire prompts evacuations on Elliott Highway
- Alaska
- Steese Highway
- source: Bing
- 2 views
- Jun 27, 2024 12:40pm
Alaska fire officials issued a Level 3 "GO" evacuation alert for residents living along Elliott Highway Miles 39 to 48 on Thursday morning as a rapidly moving wildfire neared within ... Read More
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Residents along the Elliott Highway are told to evacuate as a fast-moving wildfire grows
- Alaska
- Steese Highway
- source: Bing
- 1 view
- Jun 26, 2024 5:01pm
Alaska Fire Service spokeswoman Beth Ipsen said a state Department ... The fires they are fighting include two others in the Interior off the Steese Highway. The Deception Pup Fire near Central and ... Read More
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'I thought I was going to die': Dublin man describes surviving plane crash in remote part of Alaska
- Alaska
- Anchorage
- source: Bing / The Irish Times
- 15 views
- Jun 22, 2024 4:01pm
About six hours after the crash they were rescued by the Alaska Air National Guard helicopter. Mr Beardmore was taken to hospital in Anchorage and discharged the following day. The two continued their ... Read More
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In a moment, an emotional night turned deadly: June Anchorage police shooting was 6th death since 2020
- Alaska
- Anchorage
- source: Bing / Alaska Dispatch News
- 6 views
- Jun 21, 2024 5:00pm
Anchorage police gather evidence on the Chugiak-South Birchwood exit ramp from the northbound lanes of Glenn Highway on Sunday, July 2, 2023. Police shot and killed Sean Burke, 34, a Tok resident who ... Read More
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Sinkholes in Anchorage and Mat-Su trigger partial road closures
- Alaska
- Parks Highway
- source: Bing
- 3 views
- Jun 21, 2024 12:27pm
Repairs were underway Thursday after sinkholes formed on Minnesota Drive and on the Glenn Highway near Palmer, according to the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. It wasn't ... Read More
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- source: Bing / CBS News
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- Jun 21, 2024 04:51am
An Air Force colonel, Mark "Tyson" Sletten, who headed operations for the Alaskan Command was one of two men whose bodies were found in a small plane that crashed into a remote lake, authorities said. Read More
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Air Force colonel ID'd as 1 of 2 men missing after Alaska plane crash
- Alaska
- Near Anchorage
- source: Bing
- 7 views
- Jun 20, 2024 5:52pm
Col. Mark "Tyson" Sletten, Alaskan Command's operations director, is one of two men missing after a small plane crashed in an Alaska lake, officials said. Read More
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Dining review: TurnAgains Fish House could become an essential Seward Highway stop
- Alaska
- Seward Highway
- source: Bing
- 1 view
- Jun 20, 2024 3:03pm
The new roadhouse, on the Seward Highway just outside Indian ... but I share the common Alaska malady known as SFB - Summer's Flying By - and don't think anyone should snooze on the ... Read More
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High-ranking Alaska Air Force officer among 2 killed in Kenai Peninsula plane crash
- Alaska
- Anchor Point
- source: Bing / Alaska Public Media
- 1 view
- Jun 20, 2024 2:50pm
Recovery efforts on Crescent Lake were continuing Thursday for Air Force Col. Mark '?Tyson'? Sletten, 46, and civilian instructor Paul Kondrat, 41. Read More
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Sinkhole on Glenn Highway slows traffic near Palmer
- Alaska
- Old Glenn Hwy
- source: Bing
- 0 view
- Jun 19, 2024 6:06pm
A small sinkhole in the roadway along the Glenn Highway near Palmer has closed one lane Wednesday evening as rush hour traffic begins. Read More
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Dining review: TurnAgains Fish House could become an essential Seward Highway stop
- Alaska
- Seward Highway
- source: Bing
- 1 view
- Jun 19, 2024 5:00pm
The new roadhouse, on the Seward Highway just outside Indian ... find its feet before paying a formal visit and writing it up, but I share the common Alaska malady known as SFB - Summer's Flying By - ... Read More
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'There are fatalities,' RCMP say as collision closes Alaska Highway north of Teslin, Yukon
- Alaska
- Cooper Landing
- Sterling Hwy
- source: Bing
- 2 views
- Jun 19, 2024 4:25pm
RCMP say people have died in a collision that has closed the Alaska Highway Wednesday afternoon, north of Teslin, Yukon. In a brief email to media just after 3:30 p.m. PT, Yukon RCMP said there ... Read More
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- source: Bing / Task & Purpose
- 5 views
- Jun 14, 2024 4:21pm
The small tourist float plane went down in heavy trees in Lake Clark National Park, over a 100 miles from Anchorage. Read More
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Alaska Highway reopens in Whitehorse, police investigating hit and run
- Alaska
- Steese Highway
- source: Bing
- 1 view
- Jun 13, 2024 11:44am
RCMP in Whitehorse have re-opened a stretch of the Alaska Highway and now say it had been closed Thursday morning after a report of a hit and run involving a cyclist. Police said they received a ... Read More
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- source: Bing / Alaska Native News
- 8 views
- Jun 13, 2024 07:29am
Alaska Air National Guard rescue personnel of 176th Wing rescued six plane crash victims June 10 near Port Alsworth about 160 miles southwest of Anchorage. The DHC-2 Beaver aircraft crashed in a ... Read More
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Alaska Highway reopens in Whitehorse, police investigating hit and run
- Alaska
- Parks Highway
- source: Bing
- 3 views
- Jun 12, 2024 4:59pm
RCMP in Whitehorse have re-opened a stretch of the Alaska Highway and now say it had been closed Thursday morning after a report of a hit and run involving a cyclist. Police said they received a ... Read More
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Environmentalists urge US to plan 'phasedown' of Alaska's key oil pipeline amid climate concerns
- Alaska
- Steese Highway
- source: Bing
- 0 view
- Jun 12, 2024 2:45pm
(AP Photo / Al Grillo, File) FILE - The trans-Alaska pipeline is seen next to the Dalton Highway north of Fairbanks, Alaska, Aug 10, 2005. Environmental groups have petitioned the U.S. Department of ... Read More
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- source: Bing / Alaska Dispatch News
- 6 views
- Jun 11, 2024 5:20pm
A plane carrying six people crashed in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve on Monday, leaving one person injured seriously enough to require transport to a hospital, according to National Park ... Read More
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Plane Crash at Lake Clark Park: 6 Aboard, 1 Hospitalized
- Alaska
- Beaver
- source: Bing / Alaska Link
- 7 views
- Jun 11, 2024 3:52pm
A plane crashed at Lake Clark National Park in Southwest Alaska about 120 air miles from Anchorage. The National Park Service confirms a de Havilland Beaver carrying six people came down in the Kijik ... Read More