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An Anchorage Police Department patrol car parked in the city center. File photo credit: HASAN AKBAS via Shutterstock.

Body of missing 19-year-old woman found in Alaska

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the Alaska Army National, Guard Sgt. Mary Miller, a helicopter crew chief, passes a bottle of water to a child while evacuating displaced people from Kwigillingok, Alaska, during recovery operations on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Joseph Moon/Alaska National Guard via AP)

Alaska storm damage so bad many evacuees won’t go home for at least 18 months, governor says

By Mark Thiessen and Gene Johnson - Associated Press

FILE - This image provided by Alaska Volcano Observatory shows the summit of Mount Spurr, on Oct. 24, 2024, in Alaska. (Wyatt Mayo/Alaska Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey via AP, File)

Near-term chances of an eruption at Alaska’s Mount Spurr volcano now considered ‘extremely low’

Associated Press

A wall decorated with political and social messages is seen in Anchorage, Alaska, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, ahead of a meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Trump sees 25% chance Alaska summit with Putin will flop

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, ahead of the Russia US summit. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin hails Trump’s effort to end Ukraine war as ‘energetic and sincere’

The Washington Times

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of the press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Trump-Putin summit is latest chapter in Alaska’s long history — and tension — with Russia

By Mark Thiessen and Gene Johnson - Associated Press

People sunbathe at Goose Lake in Anchorage, Alaska., June 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

The National Weather Service issues Alaska’s first ever heat advisory

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

Star, a pet reindeer, is shown in the backyard of his owner Albert Whitehead in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Beloved Anchorage pet reindeer euthanized after someone tampered with pen, possibly poisoned him

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

Dogs in Riley Dyche's team mush along Cordova Street during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP, File)

The world’s most famous sled dog race is longer than ever. Here’s a look at Iditarod, by the numbers

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

A boat is seen on the Susitna River near Talkeetna, Alaska, on Sunday, June 13, 2021, with Denali in the background. Denali, the tallest mountain on the North American continent, is located about 60 miles northwest of Talkeetna. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Alaskans say Trump can change the name of Denali but can’t make people call it Mount McKinley

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

FILE - A U.S. squad armed with guns and hand grenades closes in on Japanese holdouts entrenched in dugouts during World War II on Attu Island, Alaska, in June 1943. (U.S. Army via AP, File)

Descendant of last native leader of Alaska island demands Japanese reparations for 1942 invasion

By Mark Thiessen and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

This undated image provided by Alaska Gear Company shows Esther Keim dropping frozen turkeys to residents in rural Alaska. (Alaska Gear Company via AP)

‘It’s a bird! It’s a plane!’ In Alaska, it’s both, with a pilot tossing turkeys to rural homes

Associated Press

In this March 16, 2015, volunteers help raise the Iditarod finishers banner at the burled arch finish line in Nome, Alaska. Nome Mayor John Handeland said the arch collapsed Saturday, April 27, 2024, likely from wood rot. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Iditarod says new burled arch will be in place for ‘25 race after current finish line arch collapses

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

Alaska Department of Transportation program manager Ryan Marlow demonstrates the agency's robotic dog in Anchorage, Alaska, on March 26, 2024. The device will be camouflaged as a coyote or fox to ward off migratory birds and other wildlife at Alaska's second largest airport, the DOT said. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

Robot disguised as a coyote or fox will scare wildlife away from runways at Alaska airport

Associated Press

Musher Dutch Johnson, a kennel manager at The August Foundation for Alaska Racing Dogs, runs a dog team on Dee Lake in Chugiak, Alaska, Jan. 23, 2024. The lead dogs are illuminated for safety. Alaska’s wild spaces are getting more crowded and dangerous for Alaska’s four-legged athletes training for the Iditarod, an annual sled dog race that celebrates the official state sport. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

Alaska’s Iditarod dogs get neon visibility harnesses after 5 were fatally hit while training

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press