Adirondack forest ranger dies in Alaska ice climbing accident
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Fort Wainwright soldier killed, another injured, in weekend rollover crash on Parks Highway
- Alaska
- Alaska Highway
- source: Bing
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- May 20, 2024 7:26pm
The vehicle's driver, also a Fort Wainwright soldier, was seriously injured and was taken to a hospital in Fairbanks. Read More
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Woman dies, man injured after Parks Highway crash
- Alaska
- Alaska Highway
- source: Bing
- 5 views
- May 20, 2024 5:44pm
One person is dead and one person is injured following a fatal car crash on the Parks Highway outside Nenana early Saturday morning. Read More
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Historical exhibit commemorates construction of Haul Road to Alaska's North Slope
- Alaska
- Alaska Highway
- source: Bing
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- May 16, 2024 01:34am
The vehicle was brought there for an opening reception of an exhibit marking the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Haul Road, later named the Dalton Highway. (Photo by Yereth Rosen / Alaska ... Read More
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Ninilchik woman dead after Tuesday collision
- Alaska
- Ninilchik
- source: Bing / Peninsula Clarion on MSN
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- May 15, 2024 10:30pm
The woman was attempting to cross the Sterling Highway from Oil Well Road when she was struck by a pickup truck ... Read More
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- source: Bing / KYUK
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- May 15, 2024 10:00am
With water '?the lowest that folks have seen in a while,'? this year's breakup is so far a drastic departure from the widespread flooding seen in 2023. Read More
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Ice jams cause flooding on mighty Kuskokwim River in Alaska
- Alaska
- Tuntutuliak
- source: Bing / Indian Country Today on MSN
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- May 14, 2024 12:33pm
Joaqlin EstusICTLast week a chunk of ice, an estimated 13 miles long and hundreds of feet across, got jammed as it floated down the Kuskokwim River in western Alaska. Water piled up behind it and ... Read More
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Alaska Native Heritage Center
- Alaska
- Glenn Highway
- source: Bing
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- May 07, 2024 5:00pm
The Alaska Native Heritage Center sits east of downtown Anchorage along the Glenn Highway and welcomes visitors daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. between May and September. The center is closed during ... Read More
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Woman struck by train in Wasilla was local resident, police say
- Alaska
- Palmer-wasilla Highw
- source: Bing
- 3 views
- May 06, 2024 4:59pm
PALMER - Wasilla police on Monday identified the ... The area is within Wasilla city limits and just off the Parks Highway. Alaska Railroad officials in a statement Saturday said the incident ... Read More
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- source: Bing / Alaska Dispatch News
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- May 04, 2024 5:05pm
The identity of the woman, who authorities said was lying in between the tracks when the collision occurred, was not immediately available. Read More
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- source: Bing / Juneau Empire
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- May 03, 2024 10:59am
Before you can make a decision, you need information'? Craig Tornga said while avoiding speculation about the future of the MV Matanuska. It's been out of service for well over a year. Now the state is ... Read More
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- source: Bing / USA Today
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- May 02, 2024 10:28pm
A plane carrying two people crashed in Alaska and burst into flames on Tuesday. A Douglas DC-4 took off from the Fairbanks International Airport before crashing 7 miles south into the Tanana River ... Read More
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State ferry Tustumena repairs delay Kodiak Island service
- Alaska
- Ouzinkie
- source: Bing / Alaska Public Media
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- Apr 29, 2024 5:00pm
The Alaska Marine Highway System has announced ... when it's scheduled to stop in Port Lions and Ouzinkie as well as Kodiak, departing Homer at 8:45 p.m. Originally it was expected to be ... Read More
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Two people seriously injured Saturday in multi-vehicle crash on Route 4 in Auburn
- Alaska
- Parks Highway
- source: Bing
- 17 views
- Apr 28, 2024 07:43am
AUBURN - Two people were seriously injured Saturday in a multi-vehicle crash on Turner Road, also known as state Route 4. Auburn police and the Androscoggin County Sheriff's Department were called to ... Read More
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Alaskan who kept Glenn Highway Christmas tree lit for almost 20 years dies in dirt bike accident
- Alaska
- Glenn Highway
- source: Bing
- 6 views
- Apr 27, 2024 5:00pm
Jason Tolstrup took over responsibility for lighting a festively decorated spruce tree along the side of the Glenn Highway in 2005. When the tree died one winter, Tolstrup built a towering metal ... Read More
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Pedestrian struck by tractor-trailer on Glenn Highway in Anchorage
- Alaska
- Glenn Highway
- source: Bing
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- Apr 27, 2024 5:00pm
Apr. 27-A pedestrian was hospitalized with serious injuries Friday after being struck by a tractor-trailer on the inbound Glenn Highway near the Muldoon Road exit, Anchorage police said. A ... Read More
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- source: Bing
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- Apr 27, 2024 08:44am
10Plane crashes into river in Alaska, officials say Robbi Mecus, 52, of Keene Valley, New York, died of injuries sustained in a fall Thursday while climbing a route ... it at about 10.45pm and ... Read More
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- source: Bing / MSN
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- Apr 25, 2024 7:09pm
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - Ester Volunteer Fire Department (EVFD) Battalion Chief Russell Dennis was playing pickleball at the Big Dipper Ice Arena Tuesday when he got the call about the fatal ... Read More
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Video Shows Alaska Plane Burst Into Flames Before Fatal Crash
- Alaska
- Palmer-wasilla Highw
- source: Bing
- 3 views
- Apr 24, 2024 04:31am
A video shared on social media shows the moment a plane burst into flames before crashing in central Alaska on April 23. A Douglas DC-4 aircraft crashed ... are en route to the scene and expected ... Read More
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Ongoing Alaska Marine Highway woes are such that marketing to Lower 48 tourists is being scaled back
- Alaska
- Auke Bay
- source: Bing / Juneau Empire
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- Apr 23, 2024 5:55pm
Problems with the Alaska Marine Highway System's operations and aging fleet are so acute that marketing efforts to potential visitors outside Alaska are being intentionally scaled back, Marine ... Read More