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Hiker Found Alive After Alaska Bear Ordeal

She was chased off the trail and couldn't find it again, authorities say

(Newser) - A solo hiker who told her husband she had been charged by bears on an Alaska trail has been found alive after a two-day search. Authorities began the search for 55-year-old Fina Kiefer early Tuesday after she called her husband for help, saying she had used bear spray after multiple...

Coast Guard's Latest Rescue: 3 People, 2 Dogs, Flamingo Floaty

Hollie Spence won't soon forget her 30th birthday

(Newser) - Alaska's Kodiak Island may be best known for bears, but it was a huge inflatable pink flamingo that drew eyes Saturday. Hollie Spence was celebrating her 30th birthday with Nation Sega, 29, his sister Lepa Sega, 23, and Lepa's chihuahua and pug at Monashka Bay near Kodiak when...

Biden Suspends Another Big Trump Program

Suspends oil, gas leases in the Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

(Newser) - The Biden administration on Tuesday suspended oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a drilling program approved by the Trump administration and reviving a political fight over a remote region that is home to polar bears and other wildlife—and a rich reserve of oil....

Alaska Man Survives Terrifying Bear Attack

Brown bear put his head in its mouth and bit twice

(Newser) - Over his 40 years in Alaska, six people Allen Minish knows have been mauled by bears. On Tuesday, he became the seventh. The 61-year-old was badly injured after he startled a large brown bear near Gulkana, around 190 miles northeast of Anchorage. Minish, who had been surveying land for a...

Alaska Lawmaker Forced to Take 'Adventuresome' Trip After Mask Snafu

Lora Reinbold got in hot water with Alaska Airlines

(Newser) - Alaska state Sen. Lora Reinbold drove through part of Canada and took a ferry to reach the state's capital over the weekend after Alaska Airlines suspended her from its flights for what it called her “continued refusal to comply with employee instruction regarding the current mask policy.”...

Ravens Are Robbing Costco Shoppers
Ravens Are Robbing
Costco Shoppers
Mar 27, 2021 1:30 PM CDT

Ravens Are Robbing Costco Shoppers

' They know what they’re doing'

(Newser) - Some Alaska Costco shoppers said they've had their groceries stolen by ravens in the store parking lot, the AP reports. Matt Lewallen said he was packing his groceries into his car in the parking lot of an Anchorage Costco when ravens swooped in to steal a short rib from...

Alaska GOP Makes Big Move Against Murkowski

They say they don't want her to run as a Republican in next year's election

(Newser) - The Alaska Republican Party previously censured Sen. Lisa Murkowski for voting to convict former President Trump after his impeachment trial and now doesn't want her to identity as a GOP candidate in next year’s election, a member of the party’s State Central Committee said Tuesday. "The...

Alaska Announces a COVID Vaccine 'Game Changer'

If you're 16 or older, you can make an appointment

(Newser) - Alaska has led states in the percentage of its population to have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the CDC's COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker, and there's a good chance it won't lose that title. On Tuesday it became the first state to drop eligibility requirements...

5.3 Earthquake Rattles Alaska
5.3 Earthquake Rattles Alaska
Feb 27, 2021 3:50 PM CST

5.3 Earthquake Rattles Alaska

Officials say it was an aftershock to a 2018 earthquake

(Newser) - Thousands of Alaskans felt the shaking Saturday when a 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck eight miles northwest of Anchorage. The quake occured at a depth of 26 miles at Point MacKenzie. More than 2,700 people reported online that they felt it, the Hill reports, from locations including Anchorage. The...

Alaska Governor, State Lawmaker Have COVID
Alaska Gov.
Mike Dunleavy
Has COVID
Feb 25, 2021 12:05 AM CST

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy Has COVID

As does a member of the state House

(Newser) - Alaska House Speaker Louise Stutes says a member of the Alaska House has tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. She asked members and staff not to enter the Capitol on Thursday unless necessary to allow for contact tracing and cleaning to occur. Further details weren’t immediately available,...

He Was Skiing When He Accidentally Woke Up a Bear
Alaska Skier
Mauled by
Bear
Feb 10, 2021 4:01 AM CST

Alaska Skier Mauled by Bear

Man survives scary incident in backcountry

(Newser) - An Alaska man survived a terrifying incident Saturday while skiing the backcountry near Haines, CNN reports. Authorities say the man apparently accidentally woke up a female brown bear in her den and she attacked, likely to protect a cub. "The skier who was attacked at some point realized he...

True Location of Famed Fort Attacked by Russians Is Found

Tlingits used wood structure to repel Russians on Alaska's Baranof Island

(Newser) - Archaeologists have found the site of a 200-year-old wooden fort where native Alaskans battled colonization and cannonballs. The fort helped the Tlingit people hold back Russian invaders for six days in 1804 before they were forced to leave the land their ancestors had occupied for 11,000 years, per NBC...

Alaska DMV Investigating Case of '3REICH' License Plate

'FUHRER' was also recently spotted in Anchorage

(Newser) - You're stopped at a traffic light and see a vanity plate that catches your eye. That's what happened to Matt Tunseth in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday, though it may have seemed more like he was in 1940s Berlin. The plate in front of him read "3REICH,"...

These States Are Safest During the Pandemic

You'll fare best dealing with COVID in Alaska, worst in Arizona

(Newser) - As the rollout of the various coronavirus vaccines continues, there's now a (still somewhat distant) light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. But with months to go before much of the population is vaccinated, it's important to keep up with safety and health guidelines, and to keep...

Record Bomb Cyclone Hitting Alaska

'Bomb cyclone' is building in the northern Pacific

(Newser) - A storm strengthening in the northern Pacific could become one of the strongest ever in the region and already ranks as the strongest on record in Alaska. One model shows the storm's pressure has dropped enough to qualify it as a "bomb cyclone"; lower pressure usually makes for...

Truck Mishap Ends Up Being a 'Miracle' for Soup Kitchen

30K pounds of food delivered in Alaska after a semi goes into a ditch

(Newser) - A semi carrying 30,000 pounds of food for grocery stores in Alaska went off the road and into a ditch, and the good news is that nobody was hurt. The better news: All that food has ended up in the hands of a soup kitchen in desperate need of...

'The Whole Side of the Hill Has Come Down' in Alaska

6 Haines residents are unaccounted for

(Newser) - Alaska State Troopers say six people are missing after a massive landslide caused by a record-breaking storm. Troopers said Wednesday evening that four homes were buried under 9 feet of mud and trees after a landslide 600 feet long swept through a neighborhood in Haines, around 90 miles north of...

Sun Goes Down on 2020 in Northernmost US Town

Utqiagvik won't see another sunrise for 66 days

(Newser) - The sun has gone down on 2020 in America's northernmost town. In Utqiagvik, Alaska, formerly known as Barrow , the sun went down at 1:29pm Wednesday after being up for 34 minutes and it won't be seen again until Jan. 23, the Washington Post reports. But the town'...

Plane Fatally Strikes Bear While Landing

Wildlife not an uncommon sight at some Alaska airports

(Newser) - An Alaska Airlines jetliner struck a brown bear while landing early Saturday evening, killing the animal and causing damage to the plane, officials said, per the AP . None of the passengers or crew members on board the plane were injured during the accident at the Yakutat Airport in southeast Alaska,...

Oldest Member of Congress Says He Has COVID-19

Don Young, just elected to his 25th term, says he's 'feeling strong'

(Newser) - Rep. Don Young—the oldest member of either chamber of Congress—has announced that he tested positive for COVID-19. The Republican, 87, revealed the test results Thursday, a day after winning his 25th term in the US House. "I am feeling strong, following proper protocols, working from home in...

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