TALKEETNA - In one quirky Alaska town, small sightseeing planes sit idle, the grand fireplace is dark at the usually bustling lodge, and the general store is stocked with ice cream for tourists who are nowhere to be seen.It's almost "ghost town-esque," said Fernando Salvador, a hotel manager in Talkeetna, which lies about halfway between Anchorage and Denali National Park.By late May, Main Street should be jammed with meandering tourists slurping ice cream cones and stopping at gift shops alongside original cabins built in this community of about 800. But the coronavirus has upended...…TALKEETNA - In one quirky Alaska town, small sightseeing planes sit idle, the grand fireplace is dark at the usually bustling lodge, and the general store is stocked with ice cream for tourists who are nowhere to be seen.It's almost "ghost town-esque," said Fernando Salvador, a hotel manager in Talkeetna, which lies about halfway between Anchorage and Denali National Park.By late May, Main Street should be jammed with meandering tourists slurping ice cream cones and stopping at gift shops alongside original cabins built in this community of about 800. But the coronavirus has upended...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/tsunamis-anchorage-alaska-hi-state-wire-science-6e17ff15281994947a180033380ff930Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/tsunamis-anchorage-alaska-hi-state-wire-science-6e17ff15281994947a180033380ff930Click to copyRelated topicsANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A powerful earthquake off Alaska’s southern coast shook sparsely populated coastal communities late Tuesday and prompted some residents to briefly flee to higher ground because of tsunami fears.There were no immediate reports of damage in the Alaska Peninsula and the tsunami warning was canceled after the...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/tsunamis-anchorage-alaska-hi-state-wire-science-6e17ff15281994947a180033380ff930Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/tsunamis-anchorage-alaska-hi-state-wire-science-6e17ff15281994947a180033380ff930Click to copyRelated topicsANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A powerful earthquake off Alaska’s southern coast shook sparsely populated coastal communities late Tuesday and prompted some residents to briefly flee to higher ground because of tsunami fears.There were no immediate reports of damage in the Alaska Peninsula and the tsunami warning was canceled after the...WW…

The Trump administration on Monday took another step to opening Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling for oil and gas, potentially fulfilling a decades-long dream for Republicans.Environmentalists, however, promised to fight opening up the coast plain of the refuge, a 1.56-million acre swath of land along Alaska's northern Beaufort Sea coast, home to polar bears, caribous and other wildlife, after the Department of the Interior approved an oil and gas leasing program.Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt signed the Record of Decision, which will determine a program for...…The Trump administration on Monday took another step to opening Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling for oil and gas, potentially fulfilling a decades-long dream for Republicans.Environmentalists, however, promised to fight opening up the coast plain of the refuge, a 1.56-million acre swath of land along Alaska's northern Beaufort Sea coast, home to polar bears, caribous and other wildlife, after the Department of the Interior approved an oil and gas leasing program.Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt signed the Record of Decision, which will determine a program for...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/sitka-arkansas-alaska-crime-8efa96c8fb6effabaf4616339d384f7dClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/sitka-arkansas-alaska-crime-8efa96c8fb6effabaf4616339d384f7dClick to copyRelated topicsANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A DNA match has solved the strangulation murder of a teenager in southeast Alaska, a case that was cold for 24 years and saw another man acquitted of the crime after confessing, Alaska State Troopers said Tuesday.DNA obtained from Steve Branch, 66, of Austin, Arkansas, at an autopsy matched that of a sample left at the scene where Jessica Baggen,...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/sitka-arkansas-alaska-crime-8efa96c8fb6effabaf4616339d384f7dClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/sitka-arkansas-alaska-crime-8efa96c8fb6effabaf4616339d384f7dClick to copyRelated topicsANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A DNA match has solved the strangulation murder of a teenager in southeast Alaska, a case that was cold for 24 years and saw another man acquitted of the crime after confessing, Alaska State Troopers said Tuesday.DNA obtained from Steve Branch, 66, of Austin, Arkansas, at an autopsy matched that of a sample left at the scene where Jessica Baggen,...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/c1c0ac5768e63f7ea497b70eed29d099Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/c1c0ac5768e63f7ea497b70eed29d099Click to copyRelated topicsANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A former police dispatcher in a small Alaska town filed a lawsuit Thursday, alleging her colleagues in the Nome Police Department didn’t investigate after she filed a rape report. Clarice Hardy’s lawsuit claims the inaction was “part of the city’s systemic and ongoing failure to protect Alaska Native woman from sexual abuse and assault.”The Associated Press does not normally name alleged victims of...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/c1c0ac5768e63f7ea497b70eed29d099Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/c1c0ac5768e63f7ea497b70eed29d099Click to copyRelated topicsANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A former police dispatcher in a small Alaska town filed a lawsuit Thursday, alleging her colleagues in the Nome Police Department didn’t investigate after she filed a rape report. Clarice Hardy’s lawsuit claims the inaction was “part of the city’s systemic and ongoing failure to protect Alaska Native woman from sexual abuse and assault.”The Associated Press does not normally name alleged victims of...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/alaska-us-supreme-court-marriage-courts-899c43ed24f890454f153204e9c06f26Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/alaska-us-supreme-court-marriage-courts-899c43ed24f890454f153204e9c06f26Click to copyRelated topicsANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska wrongly denied some same-sex spouses benefits for years by claiming their unions were not recognized even after courts struck down gay marriage bans, court documents obtained by The Associated Press show.The agency that determines eligibility for a yearly oil wealth check paid to nearly all Alaska residents denied a...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/alaska-us-supreme-court-marriage-courts-899c43ed24f890454f153204e9c06f26Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/alaska-us-supreme-court-marriage-courts-899c43ed24f890454f153204e9c06f26Click to copyRelated topicsANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska wrongly denied some same-sex spouses benefits for years by claiming their unions were not recognized even after courts struck down gay marriage bans, court documents obtained by The Associated Press show.The agency that determines eligibility for a yearly oil wealth check paid to nearly all Alaska residents denied a...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/alaska-woman-outhouse-bear-attack-61a23fa15190c00e17a07bc152f9dabbClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/alaska-woman-outhouse-bear-attack-61a23fa15190c00e17a07bc152f9dabbClick to copyRelated topicsANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska woman had the scare of a lifetime when using an outhouse in the backcountry and she was attacked by a bear, from below.“I got out there and sat down on the toilet and immediately something bit my butt right as I sat down,” Shannon Stevens told The Associated Press on Thursday. “I jumped up and I screamed when it...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/alaska-woman-outhouse-bear-attack-61a23fa15190c00e17a07bc152f9dabbClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/alaska-woman-outhouse-bear-attack-61a23fa15190c00e17a07bc152f9dabbClick to copyRelated topicsANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska woman had the scare of a lifetime when using an outhouse in the backcountry and she was attacked by a bear, from below.“I got out there and sat down on the toilet and immediately something bit my butt right as I sat down,” Shannon Stevens told The Associated Press on Thursday. “I jumped up and I screamed when it...WW…