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Residents in Alaska capital clean up swamped homes after an ice dam burst and unleashed a flood

About 100 homes and some businesses were damaged by rapidly rising floodwaters that crested around 3:15 a.m. Tuesday, according to initial estimates. In some areas, cars floated as people scrambled to evacuate.

U.S. judge suspends Alaska Cook Inlet lease, pending additional environmental review

An environmental review underpinning a 2022 oil and gas lease sale in Alaska failed to properly analyze the potential impacts on endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales, a federal judge has ruled in suspending the lone lease stemming from that sale.

Cruise ship-free Saturdays would ease burden of tourism, say some locals in Juneau, Alaska

Every day from May to October, throngs of tourists descend on Juneau, Alaska, with peak days seeing up to 18,000 visitors. Some locals say it's ruining what they love about the small capital city of 32,000.

Environmentalists urge U.S. to plan 'phasedown' of Alaska's key oil pipeline amid climate concerns

Environmental groups on Wednesday petitioned the U.S. Department of Interior to review climate impacts related to the decades-old trans-Alaska pipeline system and develop a plan for a "managed phasedown" of the 1,287-kilometre pipeline, which is Alaska's economic lifeline.

A new agreement would limit cruise passengers in Alaska's capital. A critic says it falls short

A new agreement between Alaska's capital city and major cruise lines seeks to cap the daily number of cruise ship passengers arriving in Juneau starting in 2026, though a prominent critic of the cruise industry said Tuesday the planned limits do not do enough.

1 Malaysian climber dead, 1 rescued near the top of Alaska's Denali

A climber from Malaysia who was stranded for three days near the top of North America's tallest mountain following a summit push was rescued Friday, but his partner was dead, officials said.

2 climbers suffering from hypothermia await rescue off Alaska's Mount Denali

Two climbers awaited rescue near the peak of North America's tallest mountain Wednesday, a day after they and a third climber in their team requested help after summiting Denali during the busiest time of the mountaineering season, officials at Denali National Park and Preserve said.

A southeast Alaska community wrestles with a deadly landslide's impact

Residents in Wrangell, Alaska, were devastated last November when a torrent of earth and trees rushed down a mountainside, killing six people, including a family of five; demolishing two houses; and burying the highway.

Indigenous men imprisoned for 18 years for Alaska murder settle for $5M after vacated conviction

Three of the four Indigenous men who served 18 years in prisonfor a murder conviction in Alaska that was ultimately vacated willreceive a total of nearly $5 million in a settlement confirmed bythe city of Fairbanks on Monday.

Alaska Rep. Peltola's husband died while transporting moose meat on hunting trip

A small plane that crashed in rural Alaska earlier this month, killing the husband of U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, was carrying more than 500 pounds of moose meat and antlers from a remote hunting camp when it went down shortly after takeoff, according to an investigation report released Thursday.