Alaska

Air and vessel rescue teams searched a total of 825 square miles over the course of more than 20 hours, the Coast Guard said.

A man walking on tidal mud flats with friends in an Alaska estuary got stuck up to his waist in the quicksand-like silt and drowned as the tide came in before frantic rescuers could extract him.

Denali National Park rangers are searching for missing climbers Eli Michel and Nafiun Awal who they suspect fell from a heavily crevassed glacier.

Responding rangers found an unoccupied truck parked about a mile away from the avalanche site. A ranger used a spotting scope to look for survivors in the avalanche debris.

The U.S. Army announced Friday that it has grounded aviation units for training after 12 soldiers died within the last month in helicopter crashes in Alaska and Kentucky.

Two U.S. army helicopters collided and crashed Thursday in Alaska while returning from a training flight, killing three soldiers and injuring a fourth.

A moose in Alaska walked into a movie theatre and even grabbed a popcorn snack while inside.

The Slush Cup was held over the weekend at Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Anchorage, Alaska. It is a spring tradition as the ski season comes to an end, where skiers compete for the best plunge into a pool of slush.

Five minutes and a few snacks later, the young moose was safely directed out of the theater.

The aurora borealis took a back seat to another phenomenon in Alaska over the weekend. What was the mystery spiral that had photographers looking up in confusion?

Photographer Todd Salat captured the images looking north toward Delta Junction just before 2am on Saturday.

Looks like some office plants were the main attraction.

A young moose wandered into a hospital in Anchorage, Alaska before losing interest and finding an exit.

The 1-year-old Australian shepherd took an epic trek across 150 miles of frozen Bering Sea ice that included being bitten by a polar bear before being safely returned to his home in Alaska.

Ryan Redington has won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which his grandfather helped co-found.

Supporters say a major oil project President Joe Biden is OK’ing on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope represents an economic lifeline for Indigenous communities while environmentalists say it runs counter to his climate goals.

A second volcano in remote Alaska is experiencing elevated earthquake activity, signaling an increased potential for eruption.

Many communities in the nation’s largest state hit record highs this week, from Kodiak to Deadhorse

The Alaska House of Representatives censured Republican Rep. David Eastman after he argued fatal child abuse is a financial “benefit to society.”

Tracy Hansen of Anchorage, Alaska, was walking her dog when a moose charged at her and kicked her in the head.