One Survivor, Three Dead in Friday Admiralty Island Crash
Although the Cessna 206 enroute from Wrangell to Angoon was located shortly after its emergency beacon was activated following its…
Sanders Wins Wyoming, But Fails to Gain Ground on Clinton
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders won Saturday’s Democratic caucus in the Western state of Wyoming, but even in victory he failed…
The Giant Wave of Icy Bay
A landslide last fall caused a giant wave of the type not seen in Alaska since the storied 1958 event…
US Credit Card Debt Nears $1 Trillion
NEW YORK—Credit card debt in the United States is approaching $1 trillion, according to a study by CardHub.com, a company…
UW Team Stores Digital Images in DNA — and Retrieves Them Perfectly
Technology companies routinely build sprawling data centers to store all the baby pictures, financial transactions, funny cat videos and email…
Excavator in Qinaq River Won’t be Removed Until after Breakup
The United States Coast Guard and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation are coordinating initial cleanup efforts with the city…
USCG Offloads 14 Tons of Cocaine Seized in Eastern Pacific Drug Transit Zone
SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded more than 14 tons of cocaine Thursday, at San Diego’s Broadway Pier.…
From Sikorskys to Sneakers, Alaska Guardsman Breaks Stereotypes with Style
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — When not wrenching on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter for 40 hours a week, one…
Coast Guard, Sitka Police and Fire Department Search for Missing Sitka Man
A Sitka man, identified as 40-year-old Jesse Mills, has been the subject of an urgent search since Thursday morning after…
Moby Dick Whale Tale Maybe Not so Fictional
The idea that a sperm whale can use its massive head as a battering ram to sink ships has been…