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Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint
The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. Hundreds of pilgrims joined several bishops in ...
Who was Olga, the Alaska Native drawing devotion as Orthodoxy’s new saint?
The first female Orthodox saint in North America was an Indigenous woman who spent her entire life with her Yup'ik family and ...
Alaska's largest wildfires of year rage after 31,000 lightning strikes over 3-day period
Firefighters across the Final Frontier are working to contain dozens of blazes that have forced evacuations and occasionally ...
Cargo ship carrying 3,000 cars sinks off Alaska weeks after catching fire
A cargo ship carrying 3,000 new vehicles sank in the North Pacific off the coast of Alaska several weeks after catching fire ...
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Skagway set to celebrate 125 years as Alaska’s first city – despite what the Internet says
Skagway was the very first incorporated city in Alaska, and it will celebrate that accomplishment on June 28 with a town ...
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Alaska's federal lands survive sale proposal struck in budget talks
Roughly 82 million acres in Alaska could have been eligible for those sales, including sections of the Tongass and Chugach ...
"Multiple system failures" led to door plug flying off Alaska Airlines flight in 2024, NTSB chair says
National Transportation Safety Board investigators on Tuesday made new safety recommendations following the Jan. 5, 2024, ...
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Cargo ship carrying thousands of vehicles sinks off coast of Alaska
The safety of the responders remains our top priority," Capt. Christopher Culpepper, the commander of Coast Guard sector ...
How Japan and Alaska Pioneered the Global Market for L.N.G.
The leading role the United States plays in liquefied natural gas traces its roots to a small Alaskan outpost that began ...
School bus carrying 40+ cruise guests hits SUV in Alaska, three taken to hospital
A school bus carrying more than 40 cruise passengers collided with an SUV in Alaska on Thursday.
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Thousands still under evacuation orders as cloudy weather and new crews improve outlook on Interior Alaska fires
Evacuation levels remained unchanged around fires near Fairbanks and Healy, but officials reported better conditions as of ...
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What’s with the military helicopters in western Alaska?
Military planners say the Blackhawk and Chinook helicopters are scouting sites for an upcoming exercise called Arctic Edge.