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$2.1M Settlement With Family of Alaska Teen Fatally Shot by Officer
May 28 2025 // Alaska’s largest city has reached a $2.1 million settlement with the family of a 16-year-old girl who was holding a knife last August when she was fatally shot by a police officer.Anchorage Mayor Suzanne...
Alaska Native Who Alleged Wrongful Murder Conviction Reaches $11.5M Settlement
Apr 22 2025 // An Alaska Native man who maintained his innocence in the 1997 killing of a white teenager has agreed to an $11.5 million settlement with the city of Fairbanks after alleging police acted with a racial bias in a case in...
Volcano Near Alaska’s Largest City Could Erupt in Coming Weeks Or Months: Scientists
Mar 17 2025 // A volcano near Alaska’s largest city is showing new signs of unrest, with experts saying the likelihood of an eruption at Mount Spurr in the next few weeks or months has increased.The Alaska Volcano Observatory said...
Swarm of Moderate to Strong Quakes Hit Alaska’s Aleutian Islands
Dec 10 2024 // A series of moderate to strong earthquakes that struck Alaska’s western Aleutian Islands and offshore areas Sunday comprised what scientists call a “swarm,” but the state’s earthquake monitors said...
Earthquakes Under a Volcano Near Alaska’s Largest City Raise Concerns
Dec 9 2024 // An increase in the number of earthquakes under a volcano near Alaska’s largest city this year has geologists paying attention.Mount Spurr, about 80 miles northwest of Anchorage, last erupted in 1992, spewing an ash...
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