All the headlines from our Alaska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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Jan 20 2015 // An earthquake struck in a remote area of Alaska’s Aleutian Island chain and there were no reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-5.8 temblor occurred at 6:47 p.m. Friday and was...
Jan 15 2015 // Alaska experienced a busy year underground in 2014, according to experts who record the state’s earthquakes.The Alaska Earthquake Information Center detected 40,686 quakes in the state and bordering parts of Canada,...
Dec 4 2014 // The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District in Alaska has agreed to pay $920,000 to the family of a student who said he was sexually assaulted by a high school tutor.The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported the...
Oct 22 2014 // Seismologists say a moderate earthquake struck Alaska and was felt in communities of the state’s interior.The Alaska Earthquake Center says the 5.0 magnitude earthquake occurred at 4:36 p.m. Monday. State...
Oct 14 2014 // Valhalla, N.Y.-based USI Insurance Services announced the closing on the acquisition of Wallace Insurance Inc./Scott Insurance Services headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska. The employee benefits practice and all of its...
Oct 6 2014 // Anchorage, Alaska is taking court action to stop ride-sharing company Uber from operating in the city.The city requested an injunction and a temporary restraining order against Uber Technologies Inc. in civil superior...
Sep 3 2014 // A series of earthquakes shook Interior Alaska during the Labor Day weekend, the strongest of which was a magnitude-5.07 that set off more than 200 aftershocks.The strongest quake, centered about 45 miles northwest of...
Aug 4 2014 // Allstate Insurance Co. plans to add several local agency owners in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and Hawaii in 2014.Allstate’s plan is to recruit 51 new exclusive agents, 13 financial specialists and the company...
Jul 28 2014 // The parents of a 26-year-old snowboarder who died after an Alaska avalanche have filed a federal lawsuit against a heli-skiing company, alleging it failed to assess the danger in the area.Nickolay Dobov of Truckee,...
Jul 24 2014 // Allstate Insurance Co. plans to add several local agency owners in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and Hawaii in 2014.Allstate’s plan is to recruit 51 new exclusive agents, 13 financial specialists and the company...
Jul 21 2014 // Seven states, including five in the Great Plains, saw their median age decline between 2012 and 2013, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. At the same time, the median age for the United States as a whole ticked up...
Jul 10 2014 // Geophysicists don’t know what caused a sinkhole measuring about 80 feet deep to appear in a Fairbanks, Alaska resident’s yard last week.And they might never know. Homeowner Al Schultz had safety concerns about...
Jul 7 2014 // Seven states, including five in the Great Plains, saw their median age decline between 2012 and 2013, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. At the same time, the median age for the U.S. as a whole ticked up from 37. 5...
Jun 26 2014 // Seven states, including five in the Great Plains, saw their median age decline between 2012 and 2013, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. At the same time, the median age for the U.S. as a whole ticked up from 37.5...
Jun 24 2014 // The family of a student who authorities say wore a hidden microphone to obtain a tutor’s purported sex-abuse confession has sued the school district, saying it failed to protect the boy from the instructor.The...
Jun 23 2014 // A magnitude 8.0 earthquake triggered a tsunami warning for Alaska on Monday, according to a National Weather Service alert.The quake was located in the Rat Islands, which are part of the Aleutian Island chain. NWS said the...
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Jun 5 2014 // Rumblings under Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano have diminished, but scientists are keeping an eye on the state’s most active volcano in case it sends up another ash cloud.The volcano sent an ash plume to 22,000 feet...
Jun 2 2014 // Climate change is in the here and now, according to a massive new report.The White House’s National Climate Assessment report is part of President Barack Obama’s effort to prepare the nation for the impacts of...