"Alaska Peninsula"

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami warning for the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island. The warning was later downgraded to an advisory and was canceled altogether by 1 a.m. Sunday.

Almost 800,000 people voted this year as their favorite bears at Katmai National Park packed on the pounds for winter — over 100,000 more voters than last year.

When it’s swept into the air, the ash can wreak havoc for people with respiratory problems.

A stream of lava flowed down the side of the Great Sitkin volcano in the Aleutian Islands Thursday morning and was visible from the nearby community of Adak, an official with the Alaska Volcano Observatory said.

The magnitude 8.2 earthquake that struck off Alaska’s southwest coast Wednesday night gave nearby residents a good shake and triggered tsunami warnings, but there were no large waves or any immediate reports of major damage or injuries.

At Unalaska’s Tom Madsen Airport, temperatures haven’t dropped below freezing yet this month. And in Cold Bay, the average temperature is running more than eight degrees Fahrenheit above normal.

From mid-June to mid-October, Dan Binde of Minnesota hiked from Yakutat, in the northern reaches of Alaska’s Inside Passage, across the Alaska Peninsula, to Unimak, the largest and easternmost of the Aleutian Islands.

A seafood donation program started by a Sitka organization is helping bring some stability to fishermen and consumers during an uncertain time.

Mariza Tovar is putting together a tarot deck filled with humpback whales, grizzly bears, red-faced cormorants and sea kelp.

Coast Guard investigators would appreciate anyone with information about the vessel or conditions around the time the ship was lost to come forward.