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Jones went on to fly passengers all around Southeast Alaska.

Nearly 70 years after the dramatic rescue of a downed Navy air crew on St. Lawrence Island, the Alaska Heroism Medal will be awarded to the families of 16 members of the Gambell First Scouts Batallion.

The whale spotted last month was may have been a Baird’s beaked whale, but it hasn’t been confirmed yet.

Payments to those who submitted paper applications or requested paper checks are set to go out about two weeks later, starting the week of Oct. 3.

Construction and installation would begin in the summer of 2023.

One scientist says the sockeye runs now returning to Bristol Bay may be the largest in hundreds of years.

Jessica Vos says her job is very human-focused, working to provide astronauts with everything they need for a successful mission.

The extension is meant to allow the board to review the results of its third-party investigation before renewing the contract for the full year.

The increase comes after a considerable slowdown in recent years due to travel restrictions from the pandemic and during former President Donald Trump’s travel ban.

The draft included an ‘everything or nothing’ approach toward public comments.

Both families lost custody of their infants after what they say were flawed diagnoses of abuse by the state’s embattled former top child abuse physician.

Alaska State Troopers say the plane’s sole occupant, 38-year-old pilot Andy Andersen of Sutton, died in the crash.

Assembly members were concerned including the advisory questions on the ballot could confuse voters and muddle the outcome of separate ballot questions that deal with funding major city projects.

Conservation measures have led to no salmon fishing for chinook or chum along the river for the second year in a row.

Alaska Communications said in a written statement that the damage and its ripple effects have significantly reduced the company’s capabilities.

The paper’s authors say their analysis points to a need for more comprehensive risk consideration for mines to protect salmon watersheds throughout the Northwest.

In Alaska, one local beekeeper went to great lengths to make her beekeepers whole again after millions of honeybees died at an Atlanta cargo bay in the April sun.

Kodiak tends to see smaller cruise ships than the ones that frequent Southeast Alaska — and a lot fewer of them.

Denali Borough Mayor Clay Walker says a preliminary report lists 15 affected properties.

Police say Schneider walked into the station downtown, where he was arrested for pre-trial probation and parole violations and then taken to Lemon Creek Correctional Center.