All the headlines from our Alaska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 22 2022 // An evacuation order for about 65 residents of a subdivision near the community of Anderson has been lifted, Denali Borough Mayor Clay Walker said.The evacuation order went into place June 28 because of the Clear wildfire...
Jul 12 2022 // Some rain helped firefighters battling an Alaska wildfire that prompted evacuations.About a half inch fell into early Monday, allowing crews to build more fire breaks to help control the wildfire started by lightning June...
May 27 2022 // Firefighters have contained a blaze in the southwest Alaska village of Kasigluk that burned three buildings, including a school building, according to the Alaska Division of Forestry.Air tankers and smokejumpers responded...
Apr 18 2022 // Hundreds of small earthquakes have been reported near a volcano in southeast Alaska believed to have been dormant for at least 800 years, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmedThe cause of the quakes under Mount Edgecumbe, a...
Mar 29 2022 // Some residents living near an Anchorage suburb were ordered to evacuate Sunday over fears of another avalanche after a slide last week cut off about 100 homes from a main road.Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson issued the...
Mar 14 2022 // A moderate earthquake has been recorded in Alaska, the Alaska Earthquake Center confirmed.The Saturday morning quake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 and was felt throughout the south-central part of the state, according...
Mar 3 2022 // Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy approved a disaster declaration for Hooper Bay, after the community’s sewer lagoon breached.Hooper Bay Mayor Sandra Hill said the lagoon breached Friday night, prompting an emergency meeting...
Feb 4 2022 // A settlement has been reached with two psychiatrists who said they were wrongfully fired when Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy took office.Under the agreement, announced Wednesday, the state agrees to pay Anthony Blanford...
Jan 31 2022 // The Alaska Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by 16 young Alaskans who claimed long-term effects of climate change will devastate Alaska and interfere with their individual constitutional rights.The...
Jan 25 2022 // A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck southern Alaska, and people reported shaking in Anchorage and surrounding areas, according to officials.The epicenter of Thursday’s quake was 49 kilometers, or 30 miles, northwest of...
Dec 8 2021 // Residents gathered in Haines to remember the two people killed by a landslide last year.The ceremony, held Saturday, honored kindergarten teacher Jenae Larson and David Simmons, who worked for an economic development...
Dec 6 2021 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Shattuck & Grummett Insurance in Juneau, Alaska. John Grummett, Stacy Grummett, Rick Shattuck and Teresa Young, owners of Shattuck & Grummett Insurance, and the...
Oct 19 2021 // A federal report aimed at improving aviation safety in Alaska recommends improvements in providing weather information to pilots and continued work to update maps with information on mountain passes, among other steps.The...
Oct 12 2021 // An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 struck early Monday off the coast of Alaska, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The epicenter was about 114 kilometers east of the village of Chignik, the USGS...
Aug 23 2021 // Applied Underwriters anticipates completing the acquisition of Alaska Timber Insurance Exchange as soon as the fourth quarter of 2021 as ATIE concludes its conversion from a reciprocal to a stock insurance company having...
Aug 19 2021 // An Alaska school district agreed to pay $3.8 million to two children abused by a former principal who said school leaders had been “well aware of my problems with young girls” for years, news outlets...
Aug 9 2021 // A “highly sophisticated group” known for cyberattacks against governmental and other entities is believed to be behind the attack this spring that targeted the Alaska health department, a spokesperson for the...
Jul 30 2021 // A powerful earthquake which struck just off Alaska’s southern coast caused prolonged shaking and prompted tsunami warnings that sent people scrambling for shelters.Residents reported only minor damage, but officials...
Jun 23 2021 // Regulators amid much fanfare in early 2020 approved two cannabis lounges in Alaska, making it one of the few states where customers would be allowed to use marijuana at retail pot shops.Then the pandemic hit. One of the...
Jun 2 2021 // A magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook Alaska’s Talkeetna Mountains north of Anchorage Sunday night and smaller tremors continued early Monday, the US Geological Survey confirmed.The earthquake was felt from Homer to...