Two Dozen Riders Trapped on Six Flags Roller-Coaster in Maryland
17 adults and seven children are trapped 45 feet above ground level on the Joker’s Jinx roller coaster at Six Fags…
Big Lake Plane Crash takes Life of Anchorage Man
Alaska State Troopers reported on the Trooper dispatch this morning of a plane crash at the Big Lake Airport at…
Rosetta Arrives at Target Comet
After a decade-long journey chasing its target, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta, carrying three NASA instruments, became the first spacecraft…
Ancient shellfish remains rewrite 10,000-year history of El Niño cycles
The planet’s largest and most powerful driver of climate changes from one year to the next, the El Niño Southern…
Search Continues for Andrew John on Chena River in Fairbanks
The man who jumped in to the Chena River from the Steese Highway Bridge in Fairbanks with a friend on…
Search Ends with Success, Southeast Boater Found Alive and Well
After a two-day search for the man in a 16-foot skiff, Gus McConnell, who went missing while following a larger…
Kodiak Woman Steals Car, Takes Officers on Chase
A Kodiak woman was arrested on Wednesday after stealing a vehicle then taking Kodiak Police and Alaska State Troopers on a…
Late Summer Arrives in the Boreal Forest
It’s early August, 118 miles from the Arctic Circle. Time for a walk to work. The last time I wrote…
Iraqi Militants Take Over Christian Town
CAIRO-The U.N. Security Council called an emergency meeting on Iraq, where Islamic extremists seized more northern territory Thursday. The United…
Obama Authorizes Air Strikes in Iraq
WHITE HOUSE-President Barack Obama says America “is coming to help” thousands of Iraqis who are trapped and threatened by Islamist…