Tag: Alaska

The Trump administration denied a permit to build a massive gold and copper mine in Alaska that could have put the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery at risk. In a ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaka — The Trump administration on Wednesday denied a permit for a controversial gold and copper mine near the headwaters of the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery in southwest ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Alaska congressman who once ridiculed the seriousness of the novel coronavirus, calling it the “beer virus,” said on Thursday he is now infected with it. The ...

The nation’s oldest and longest-serving member of Congress, Republican Rep. Don Young of Alaska, on Thursday announced that he has the coronavirus. “I have tested positive for COVID-19. I am ...

The Trump administration has announced it will lift protections in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, permitting logging in the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest. Experts call the Tongass the “lungs of ...

An anti-Semitic Alaskan man was required to learn about the Holocaust as part of a prison sentence for illegally owning a machine gun and silencers. Michael Graves, 21, of Anchorage ...

The mayor of Anchorage, Alaska resigned Tuesday night after admitting to an “inappropriate messaging relationship” with a local reporter. Ethan Berkowitz’s chief of staff announced the resignation at an Anchorage ...

A bird said to have the aerodynamic build of a “jet fighter” has been tracked flying more than 12,000km (7,500 miles) from Alaska to New Zealand, setting a new world ...

The mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, on Monday admitted to an “inappropriate messaging relationship” with a local TV news anchor who lodged bizarre and unsubstantiated allegations against him. “I apologize to ...

Alaska is an unlikely chink in Senate Republicans’ armor as they fight to hold onto their majority in the chamber. Senate Republicans are defending 23 seats on Nov. 3, and ...