Alaska

US Justice Department sues Alaska to preemptively block election of Democrat to Senate

Election officials around the country have told Reuters they are preparing for potential federal interference in the elections, including legal challenges and disputes over voting.

Republican US Senator Dan Sullivan and Democratic US Senate candidate Mary Peltola participate in a debate in Anchorage, Alaska, US, October 15, 2026.
 Seismic waves are seen on a screen during a demonstration of an earthquake early warning system which triggers sirens if a nationwide network of 120 seismic monitoring stations detects a strong earthquake, at the Geological Survey of Israel in Jerusalem.

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Nikolski, Alaska, USGS says

A Cessna 414A plane is parked near the runway January 6, 2001 in Los Angeles; Illustrative.

Eight confirmed dead after charter plane crashes in western Alaska

All of America, it turns out,  is not Mamdani’s Manhattan.

The Alaska perspective: A reminder that the world doesn't revolve around Israel - comment


Is Tokyo Olympics gold-medal swimmer Lydia Jacoby Jewish?

Jacoby’s underdog status, as the first-ever Olympic swimmer from Alaska, which has just one Olympic-sized pool, meant that Jewish viewers may have wondered for the first time: Is Lydia Jacoby Jewish?

okyo 2020 Olympics - Triathlon - Men's Olympic Distance - Final - Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo, Japan – July 26, 2021. Athletes start.

Fossil find adds to evidence of dinosaurs living in Arctic year-round

The find helps upend past assumptions of dinosaurs as giant cold-blooded reptiles.

THE AGE of dinosaur bones: Not a scientific delusion.

Swastika stickers reading: 'We are everywhere' found around Anchorage

The one's located at the Jewish museum was later in the evening, at 5 p.m. on the same day. Some 30 blocks from one another.

An aerial view of Anchorage, Alaska.

Alternate History: Zion by the shores of Alaska

While the stories in Alternate History are conjectural, they may have some basis in fact and this is the case in The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, a 2007 novel by Michael Chabon.

President Chaim Weizmann with Nahum Goldman at the Weizmann residence in Rehovot in 1951

Five killed, one hurt as helicopter crashes at Alaska glacier

Among those killed was billionare Petr Kellner, the Czech Republic's richest man, his financial group PPF said on Monday.

People run after collecting food aid from a South African National Defence Force (SANDF) helicopter in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Nhamatanda village, near Beira, Mozambique, March 26, 2019.

Trump vows to campaign against Alaska's Republican Senator Murkowski

Decision motivated by Murkowski's support of Rep. Deb Haaland for interior secretary.

Former US president Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, US February 28, 2021.

Health worker in Alaska had serious allergic reaction to Pfizer's vaccine

The adverse reaction in the person, minutes after taking the Pfizer shot on Tuesday, was similar to two cases in Britain.

An illustrative photo of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

Trump admin to auction Arctic refuge oil drilling ahead of inauguration

The move is the latest step toward pulling off the first ever sale of oil drilling leases in a pristine area of the Arctic before Biden becomes president.

Sea ice floats within the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in this undated handout photo provided by the US Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska Image Library. The Brooks Range mountains, which are not part of the 1002 area, are seen in the distance. US Senate Democrats succeeded in bloc

‘We believe we will win,’ says Al Gross in lagging Alaska senate race

“With approximately 44.6 percent of the ballots not yet counted, we believe we will win once every vote has been counted in the state,” Gross said.

Candidates from top left: Rep. Susan Wild, Matt Lieberman, Jon Ossoff, Al Gross, Rep. David Kustoff, Eric Early, Rep. Adam Schiff, Rep. Dean Phillips, Rep. Elaine Luria, Lisa Scheller, Merav Ben-David. (Wikimedia Commons / Campaign images) Background: The U.S. Capitol building at dawn

Alaskan senator accused of antisemitism after ad against Jewish rival

The ad displayed the senator’s challenger surrounded by cash with the text ‘lower 48 liberals are flooding Alaska with millions’

Senator Dan Sullivan departs from a briefing on the corona virus outbreak in China in Washington