Two people riding an all-terrain vehicle in the Northwest Alaska community of Brevig Mission died when it crashed early Saturday, Alaska State Troopers said. Brevig Mission residents Tommy Iyapana, 29 ...

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In a tiny gold mining town on the edge of Alaska, the Trump administration is poised to begin building America's first Arctic deepwater port, with significant implications for military security and ...

Alaska State Troopers have opened an investigation following the discovery of a body on the beach just outside Nome city limits. Troopers said they received the report Friday morning around 9 a.m. A ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District plans four phases of work to upgrade the Port of Nome. August 18, 2025 Plans to build the United States’ first deepwater Arctic port in Nome, Alaska, ...

Volcanic ash originating from Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula led to the cancellation of Alaska Airlines flights to Nome and Kotzebue on Tuesday. The ash plume came from the Klyuchevskoy volcano, ...

Volcanic ash originating from Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula canceled Alaska Airlines flights to Nome and Kotzebue Tuesday morning. The ash plume came from the Klyuchevskoy volcano, prompting an ...

The Bureau of Land Management has closed trails and off-road areas in the Nome Creek Valley, starting from U.S. Creek Road at Steese Highway Mile 57, due to wildfire activity from the Ophir Fire in ...

The Bering Air flight that recently crashed in sea ice off Alaska, killing 10, was more than 1,000 pounds "over the maximum takeoff gross weight for flight into known or forecast icing conditions," ...

A Cessna plane that crashed while as it was flying to Nome, Alaska, last month, killing all 10 people on board, was hundreds of pounds too heavy for icing conditions, a National Transportation Safety ...

A pilot and nine passengers died in the Feb. 6 crash Alaska U.S. Coast Guard/X The Bering Air plane that crashed in Alaska killing all 10 people on board was overweight for weather conditions, ...