A father and son from Switzerland paddled ashore at Lomack Beach in Bethel last week. They had kayaked around 700 miles down the Kuskokwim to get there from Lake Minchumina.
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Petersburg women tell how International Women’s Day was celebrated in their home countries
Although International Women’s Day is not always celebrated in the U.S., dozens of other countries have been celebrating it for decades.
‘What you thought you were getting with Trump’: Libertarian candidate campaigns in Ketchikan
On a four-city tour of Alaska, the Libertarian Party nominee suggested selling all federal lands and removing all subsidies from fossil fuels.
Artist H.R. Giger, Creator Of Surreal Biomechanics, Dies
You might not know the name, but you probably know the work: H.R. Giger created some of the most powerfully creepy visuals in Hollywood’s history, including animals and props that forced some viewers of 1979’s sci-fi film Alien to watch the film through their fingers.
MtGox Files For Bankruptcy, Nearly $500M Of Bitcoins Lost
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‘I’m The Hijacker!’ Says Ethiopian Pilot Of Commandeered Jet
Details are starting to come out about what it was like Monday when one of the pilots of an Ethiopian Airlines flight reportedly locked himself in the cockpit and flew the jet and its 193 passengers to Geneva, Switzerland, instead of Rome, its intended destination.





