Alaska news

• Bellingham man dies after jumping from Alaska bridge - The Bellingham Herald

  24-08-2015 22:54
  The Bellingham Herald
  Bellingham man dies after jumping from Alaska bridge
  The Bellingham Herald
  Tyler Jones of Bellingham jumped off the John O'Connell Bridge, shown from 2013, in Sitka, Alaska, on Aug. 21 and died. Jones apparently planned to swim to nearby docks. Wikimedia Commons Courtesy to The Bellingham Herald. i. Tyler Jones of ...
  Man dies after jumping from bridge in SitkaAlaska Dispatch News
  Washington state man dies after Sitka bridge jumpJuneau Empire (subscription)all 19 news
  

• As national media hone in on Alaska, ICC plots its course - Alaska Public Radio Network

  24-08-2015 20:45
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  As national media hone in on Alaska, ICC plots its course
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Okalik Eegeesiak of Nunavut is chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council. Photo by Ben Matheson / KYUK. Alaska and the future of Arctic policy are seeing increased international attention as the U.S. holds the chairmanship for the Arctic Council and ...
  

• Yup'ik Wooden Mask Discovered in Alaska - Archaeology

  24-08-2015 18:55
  Yup'ik Wooden Mask Discovered in Alaska
  Archaeology
  QUINHAGAK, ALASKA—This season's excavation at Nunalleq, or the well-preserved Yup'ik “old village” on the coast of the Bering Sea, has uncovered a mask depicting a half human, half walrus face. “It's got amazingly lifelike contours with the cheek ...and more »
  

• Airmen experience multinational Red Flag-Alaska - Air Force Link

  24-08-2015 18:04
  Air Force Link
  Airmen experience multinational Red Flag-Alaska
  Air Force Link
  Senior Airman Kenny Batallas and Airman 1st Class Jonathon Archer, both aircrew flight equipment technicians with the 374th Operations Support Squadron, inspect parachutes for wear and tear during Red Flag-Alaska at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, ...
  

• Advertisement

• Officials limit wolf harvest in Southeast Alaska to 9 - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-08-2015 16:53
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Officials limit wolf harvest in Southeast Alaska to 9
  Alaska Dispatch News
  KETCHIKAN — Due to a lower estimate of the number of wolves in southeast Alaska, state and federal managers have reduced the combined limit for the federal subsistence and state general hunts to nine wolves in the area. In Game Management 2, the ...
  Officials limit southeast Alaska wolf harvest to 9 due to low population tallyKTUU.comall 17 news articles »
  

• Rand Paul, fresh off caucus victory, will campaign in Alaska - Washington Post

  24-08-2015 15:24
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Rand Paul, fresh off caucus victory, will campaign in Alaska
  Washington Post
  An average of presidential polls in Iowa puts Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) at just 3.3 percent support. An average of polls in New Hampshire puts him at 6.3 percent. In national polls, he's just above the threshold to make the next Republican debate, hosted ...
  Like father, like son: Presidential candidate Rand Paul plans Alaska campaign ...Alaska Dispatch Newsall 40 news articles »
  

• Will Canada's new mines hurt Alaska's salmon? - PRI

  24-08-2015 12:45
  PRI
  Will Canada's new mines hurt Alaska's salmon?
  PRI
  Summer in southeast Alaska is salmon season. As the days grow long, the iconic pink fish begin to run up rivers and streams, and the fishing economy jumps to life. But this summer, fishermen are worried that new mining development could put their ...
  Environment: Canadian mine, energy developments stir trans-border unease in AlaskaSummit County Citizens Voice
  Mines minister to meet Alaska fishermen, nativesOR-Politics.com
  B.C. seeks min
  

• White House: Obama's Alaska visit will include Seward, Dillingham and Kotzebue - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-08-2015 10:23
  Alaska Dispatch News
  White House: Obama's Alaska visit will include Seward, Dillingham and Kotzebue
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The president will travel to “the Seward area, where he will have the opportunity to view the effects of climate change firsthand,” on Tuesday, Sept. 1, according to White House spokesperson Hallie Ruvin. On the following day, the president will visit ...
  

• Advertisement

• Behold: Adventure and Beauty in Alaska - Yahoo Travel

  24-08-2015 09:33
  Yahoo Travel
  Behold: Adventure and Beauty in Alaska
  Yahoo Travel
  After disembarking from Holland America's ms Westerdam in Juneau, I boarded a helicopter in search of an epic Alaska adventure. Up we climbed, over the dramatic coastal town, passing the ship at dock. After flying past the lush mountainsides, the ...
  

• Alaska firefighting efforts almost at an end - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  24-08-2015 09:10
  Alaska firefighting efforts almost at an end
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS—An eventful Alaska wildfire season is closing with a whimper in late August, with just 13 active firefighters remaining on a pair of blazes in the state. Almost 5.2 million acres have burned in the state this summer — the second-largest ...and more »
  

• Alaska senators say 'no' to Iran nuke deal - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-08-2015 06:50
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska senators say 'no' to Iran nuke deal
  Alaska Dispatch News
  President Barack Obama speaks about the nuclear deal with Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, at American University in Washington. The president said the nuclear deal with Iran builds on the tradition of strong diplomacy that won the Cold War without ...and more »
  

• Arctic shipping rules needed to protect Alaska region - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-08-2015 06:03
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Arctic shipping rules needed to protect Alaska region
  Alaska Dispatch News
  More vessels are crossing the Arctic than ever before. Traffic through one passage, the Northern Sea Route in Russia, increased from just two vessels in 2009 to 71 vessels in 2013. Experts forecast that the volume of cargo coming through that route is ...and more »
  

• Habitat changes expected to shift distribution of tiny mammals in Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-08-2015 05:05
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Habitat changes expected to shift distribution of tiny mammals in Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A northern red-backed vole climbs down a tree. Voles and other small mammals will shift their distribution within Alaska as changes to climate affects the animals' habitat. Todd Paris / UAF. The plight of polar bears and walruses, big and charismatic ...and more »
  

Follow @News_Alaska on Twitter!