The incredible remote island with just 4,200 residents and an active volcano
There’s a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that most people have never heard of. Once part of the Russian ...
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Troopers find 2 missing dogs dead in Southeast Alaska crab pots
The remains of two French bulldogs that went missing on Southeast Alaska’s Prince of Wales Island over a month ago were found in a pair of crab pots on Friday. The dogs belonged to Prince of ...
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Geothermal lease sale scheduled for volcano in Alaska's Cook Inlet
One source is the string of active volcanoes that stretch from Southeast Alaska to the Aleutian Islands, including Augustine and other Cook Inlet volcanoes. “We’ve got a lot of potential.
The Best Small Ship Cruise for Wildlife in Alaska
UnCruise’s floating basecamps offer rare and intimate views of the state’s iconic animals, including whales, bears, salmon, ...
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A rural Alaska school asked the state to fund a repair. Nearly two decades later, the building is about to collapse.
Thorne Bay, on an island in Southeast Alaska, has requested money to replace the fire sprinklers 17 times, without success. And in the Bering Sea coastal village of Newtok, the school’s pipes ...
Myanmar hit by 7.7 quake. These are the top 10 largest earthquakes in the world
The Valdivian Earthquake, or the Great Chilean Earthquake, is the largest on record. It measured in at a magnitude of 9.5.
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Southeast fisherman sentenced to six months in prison for falsifying records and attempting to kill sperm whale
In March 2020, Daniels and three crew members were fishing for sablefish southwest of Yakobi Island in the Gulf ... sperm whales in the Gulf of Alaska and Southeast Alaska’s Inside Passage.
Sighted: Pod of whales seen off the Oregon Coast near Depoe Bay
Early Monday morning, marine biologist Carrie Newell with Whale Research EcoExcursions reported seeing a pod of orcas north ...
Trump’s Tariffs Don’t Apply to Chips, but Taiwan Remains Wary
The chip companies in Taiwan, the center of the global supply chain, are expected to face pressure from Washington to invest ...
Alaska lawmakers show renewed interest in funding maintenance of school buildings beset by 'dilapidation'
Alaska lawmakers are showing renewed interest in addressing a backlog in school building maintenance in the wake of a report detailing the costly ramifications of years of underfunding school ...
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Nearly 2 decades after Alaska school asked state to fund repair, its building is about to collapse
Thorne Bay, on an island in Southeast Alaska, has requested money to replace the fire sprinklers 17 times, without success. And in the Bering Sea coastal village of Newtok, the school’s pipes froze ...