The float plane carrying a pilot and eight passengers in search of silver salmon, including former Sen. Ted Stevens, apparently crashed about 15 minutes after takeoff from a fishing lodge near Dillingham, witnesses told federal accident investigators Tuesday.
Twenty-one years ago, an oil spill to rival the Exxon Valdez smeared the Gulf of Mexico. The Deepwater Horizon disaster has ramifications for Alaska, where Shell and other companies are looking to drill in the Arctic. Will the Gulf spill slow their plans? And what lessons have we learned from Exxon Valdez that might help those dealing with the Gulf spill today? (Ongoing coverage)
Lance Mackey makes history, pulling into Nome at 2:59 p.m. Tuesday, clocking the second fastest finish on the books and becoming the first musher ever to win four Iditarods in a row.