It takes a village to summit Mount McKinley, and each year a new community sprouts up 7,000 feet above some of Alaska's wildest terrain. Welcome to Kahiltna base camp.
Assembly-line justice played out in a Bethel courtroom as the Alaska Native defendants from last summer's fishery revolt on the Kuskokwim River said their piece and awaited their sentence.
Gov. Sean Parnell Tuesday signed an oil tax cut bill that will guarantee budget deficits for years to come at projected oil price and production levels, and then praised himself and legislative leaders for showing fiscal restraint.
A window of good weather and a bid to ensure Royal Dutch Shell had more time to prepare for the 2013 drilling season were major reasons an ill-fated drilling rig was moved across the Gulf of Alaska in midwinter.
Late snow and freezing night-time temperatures in mid-May have delayed local businesses in "Glitter Gulch" just outside the gates of Denali National Park and Preserve from opening.
Spring was late to Alaska, leaving thousands of migrating birds awaiting breakup. The same goes for Connors Lake in Anchorage, where the Alaska Loon Cam will go live -- once the loons arrive.OutdoorsAlaska Dispatch
“We were going to try what time after time had been declared impossible—to climb McKinley’s rugged West Buttress. More exciting still, we were going to try to do at least a third of the climb by airplane” -- Bradford Washburn, 1951.Bush PilotColleen Mondor
Two schools were directly hit by the EF5 tornado in Moore, Okla., on Monday, and seven students at one were killed. Neither school had a safe room, but with storms this powerful, experts say there are no guarantees.
Gérard Depardieu says the Tsarnaev brothers were brought up in America. The actor, who renounced his French citizenship, has been pictured laughing and joking with Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, who is accused of human rights abuses.
Most of the fishermen on trial were contrite, some tearful, one or two a little angry about being charged with violating a ban on fishing for Chinook salmon intended to prevent damage to the species.
History tells us that if recently passed legislation to cut taxes on oil companies doing business in Alaska is not repealed by voters, Alaskans may soon say goodbye to annual Permanent Fund dividends and hello to a state income tax.Ray Metcalfe
In the 2008-2009 school year, Nunavut spent $15,428 per student in kindergarten to grade 12. That’s far above the Canadian average of $11,044 -- but far less than NWT or the Yukon.CBC News
