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480 Otis Crowned in Fat Bear Week, Again
Fat Bear Week
Has Its Winner
Oct 7, 2021 7:11 AM CDT

Fat Bear Week Has Its Winner

It's 480 Otis, for the 4th time since 2014 in Alaska's Katmai National Park

(Newser) - It's "get ready for hibernation" time in Katmai National Park, which means it's cram your maw full of salmon if you're a bear to put on enough weight to get you through the winter. Which also means it's time for Fat Bear Week, the annual...

Charges: Alaskan Threatened to Have Murkowski Killed

Voice messages were left at 2 senators' offices, FBI says

(Newser) - An Alaska man faces federal charges after authorities allege he threatened to hire an assassin to kill US Sen. Lisa Murkowski, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday. In a separate threat left in a voice message at Murkowski’s Washington, D.C., office, the AP reports, the caller asked if...

Salmon Ban Leaves Tribes Looking for Food

Alaska has banned fishing for dwindling salmon on the Yukon River

(Newser) - In a normal year, the smokehouses and drying racks that Alaska Natives use to prepare salmon to tide them through the winter would be heavy with fish meat, the fruits of a summer spent fishing on the Yukon River like generations before them. This year, there are no fish. For...

They Sidestepped Disaster With Bears, Now Are Charged

3 men accused of leaving authorized platform in Alaska to get closer to bears in 2018

(Newser) - They didn't lose their lives, but it's possible they could temporarily lose their freedom. The New York Times reports three men who exited an authorized viewing platform in Alaska in 2018 to get close to a group of wild brown bears have now been federally charged . Authorities say...

Otters Are On the Attack in This City

Woman, boy bitten in Anchorage, Alaska; officials aren't sure why the rare attacks are taking place

(Newser) - The Anchorage Press has lifted its paywall on a recent story to deliver a very important message to locals: "Beware of aggressive river otters." Friday's warning from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game came after a woman, a child, and at least two dogs were attacked...

As Delta Rages, Alaska Starts Critical Care Standards

With hospitals already overwhelmed, state begins prioritizing patients who will benefit the most

(Newser) - Alaska, now recording the highest COVID-19 case rate per capita of any US state, is activating crisis standards of care with short-staffed hospitals overwhelmed. The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services on Wednesday announced an addendum to the state's existing COVID-19 public health order that grants limited liability...

Massive Alaska Quake May Have Caused Sunken Ship's Leak

Fuel is spilling from 1989 shipwreck

(Newser) - A ship that sank off Kodiak Island decades ago has started to leak diesel fuel, and a state official suspects ground shaking from last month’s massive magnitude 8.2 earthquake might be the reason. The vessel sank in 1989 in Womens Bay, "and it’s been resting there...

It's Unusual for Three Volcanoes to Erupt At Once

Alaska's Aleutian Islands are part of the Ring of Fire around the Pacific Ocean

(Newser) - Alaska’s Aleutian Islands are part of the Ring of Fire, a seismically active belt around the Pacific Ocean. The subduction zones in that belt are home to most of Earth’s active volcanoes, so it’s not exactly common for three volcanoes to erupt at a time in Alaska,...

2 Major Weekend Quakes, Thousands of Miles Apart

On Saturday, Haiti hit with 7.0 magnitude quake, Alaska experiences 6.9 magnitude temblor

(Newser) - A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Haiti on Saturday morning, reports the AP . According to the US Geological Survey, the quake hit about 5 miles from the town of Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, about 80 miles west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, notes the New York Times . Seismologists say...

Cruise Ship Passengers Killed on Sightseeing Excursion

The plane they were in crashed, killing all 5 passengers and the pilot

(Newser) - A sightseeing plane crashed Thursday in southeast Alaska, killing all six people on board, the US Coast Guard said. The plane's emergency alert beacon was activated around 11:20am when the plane crashed in the area of Misty Fjords National Monument, near Ketchikan, the Coast Guard and Federal Aviation...

Palin: I'll Run For Senate If God Wants Me To

The former VP candidate and governor was speaking at a Christian conference

(Newser) - Lisa Murkowski, one of two Republican senators in Alaska, is facing some primary challengers after coming out in favor of impeaching the previous president. Murkowski has been in office since succeeding her father in 2002 and would be up for re-election next year. Kelly Tshibaka announced her campaign months ago,...

This Was the Largest US Earthquake in 56 Years

Official calls it 'a miracle' major damage was avoided

(Newser) - The largest earthquake in the United States in the last half century produced a lot of shaking but spared Alaska any major damage in a sparsely populated region, officials said Thursday. The magnitude 8.2 earthquake was reported about 10:15pm Wednesday, and it struck just south of the Alaska...

Tsunami Warnings Issued After 8.2 Quake Hits Alaska

There could be a threat to Guam, American Samoa

(Newser) - A tsunami warning was issued for parts of Alaska after a large earthquake struck the peninsula. The US Geological Survey said the quake was magnitude 8.2 and hit 56 miles east-southeast of Perryville, Alaska, at about 8:15pm Wednesday. The quake was about 29 miles below the surface of...

Bear Attack Survivor Flags Down Helicopter

He told rescuers the bear had been returning every night and he only had 2 shots left

(Newser) - Lt. Cmdr Jared Carbajal says that in his 12 years as a Coast Guard helicopter pilot, an incident last Friday was the first time he was flagged down by somebody in need of rescue—and the man at a remote mining camp certainly needed it. The injured man told rescuers...

Account With Racist Tweets Linked to Government Lawyer

Guardian says Alaska's assistant attorney general writes offensive feed

(Newser) - A Twitter account with a feed of racist and antisemitic tweets, many now deleted, has been linked to an assistant attorney general in Alaska. The Guardian newspaper reports it has uncovered the identity of @JReubenCIark, and it’s Matthias Cicotte. Cicotte is a lawyer—a graduate of the J. Reuben...

Man Who Killed Wife on Cruise Dies Weeks After Sentencing

Kenneth Manzanares was found unresponsive in cell

(Newser) - A Utah man who murdered his wife on an anniversary cruise four years ago has died in prison six weeks after he was sentenced to 30 years for the crime. The Alaska Department of Corrections says 43-year-old Kenneth Manzanares was found unresponsive in his cell in a correctional facility in...

Cops: Suicidal Teen Tried to Crash Alaska Plane
Teen Asked If He Could Fly the
Plane, Then Tried to Crash It
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Jul 11, 2021 1:10 PM CDT

Teen Asked If He Could Fly the Plane, Then Tried to Crash It

State troopers say Jaden Lake-Kameroff grabbed yoke, sent plane into nosedive

(Newser) - State troopers in Alaska say a teenager on a flight Wednesday afternoon asked the pilot if he could fly the small plane—and minutes after the bizarre request was rejected, he tried to crash it. Troopers say 18-year-old Jaden Lake-Kameroff grabbed the yoke of the Cessna Caravan, sending it into...

Mama Bear Bites Man After Dog Chases Cubs

Alaska man's border collie is still missing

(Newser) - After an unleashed border collie chased a brown bear and her two cubs on a trail in Alaska, the mama bear went for the owner, not the dog, authorities say. Alaska Wildlife Troopers said in an incident report that the Kenai River Trail hiker was bitten on the arm by...

Man Asks for Help, Then Falls to Death in Alaska Park

David Shrider of Ohio fell 150 feet Friday

(Newser) - A 52-year-old Ohio man died after he fell off the peak of a mountain in a national park. David Shrider fell 150 feet Friday down the slope of Donoho Peak in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve near Kennecott, the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve said in a news...

Dinosaurs Survived Brutal Ancient Arctic
Dinosaurs Braved Ancient
Arctic Year-Round
NEW STUDY
Jun 25, 2021 11:50 AM CDT

Dinosaurs Braved Ancient Arctic Year-Round

Tiny fossils suggest they nested there through all the seasons

(Newser) - The High Arctic experiences months of darkness in winter, which can pose a challenge for human inhabitants, just as it did for dinosaurs who occupied the region some 70 million years ago. Paleontologists have long wondered whether dinosaur species found along Alaska's North Slope migrated south in winter to...

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