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Trump wins Alaska
Former President Trump has won the state of Alaska and its three Electoral College votes in the 2024 presidential election, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Alaska has gone to the ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Rediscovering the Baked Alaska
Few desserts are so shrouded in mystery as the enigmatic Baked Alaska. While it's thought people were eating baked ice cream dishes in the 19th century, the recipe for the dish that would become ...Top stories - CBS News - 4 days ago -
Hunter found fatally mauled by bear in Alaska
An overdue hunter in Alaska was found dead Wednesday after an apparent attack by at least one brown bear, state police said.Top stories - NBC News - October 31 -
Fight in Alaska over only House seat
Alaska's race for its only House of Representatives seat appears vital this election cycle. Republican candidate Nick Begich joins CBS News and breaks down his campaign goals in the race against ...Top stories - CBS News - November 4 -
Peltola ousted by GOP opponent in Alaska House race
Republican Nick Begich has ousted incumbent Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola to win Alaska’s lone House seat, Decision Desk HQ projects. That marks 220 seats for Republicans, surpassing the 218 needed to ...Politics - The Hill - November 16 -
Carcass of massive endangered whale washes ashore in Alaska
The carcass was comparable to the width of a college basketball court and female, according to biologists.Top stories - CBS News - November 20 -
Fin Whale Carcass Washes Ashore in Anchorage, Alaska
Crowds in Anchorage have braved freezing temperatures and slippery ice to see the hulking carcass of a rare fin whale, which washed ashore a few miles from downtown.Science - The New York Times - 6 days ago -
WATCH: Thanksgiving turkeys air-dropped in rural Alaska
Some residents in remote parts of Alaska living well off the grid get their turkeys delivered the only way they can — by air.Top stories - ABC News - 19 hours ago -
Watch: Thanksgiving turkeys airdropped to remote Alaska homes
Esther Keim started delivering frozen turkeys after one of her neighbours told her squirrel for Thanksgiving did not stretch very far.Top stories - BBC News - 20 hours ago -
'It's a bird! It's a plane!' In Alaska, it's both as pilot delivers turkeys
A resident named Esther Keim has been flying low and slow in a small plane over rural parts of south-central Alaska, dropping frozen turkeys to those who can't simply run out to the grocery store.Top stories - CBS News - 9 hours ago -
Deer hunter mauled to death by bear in Alaska, troopers say
Tad Fujioka was found dead and an "investigation revealed he was the likely victim of a fatal bear mauling," officials said.Top stories - CBS News - October 31 -
Paid sick leave measures pass in Alaska, Missouri and Nebraska
Workers in three states are now entitled to paid sick leave for the first time. In Alaska, most workers are now entitled to at least 40 hours of paid sick leave a year. Larger employers in the ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Biden administration backs contested Alaska wildlife refuge road
The Biden administration has thrown its support behind a controversial land swap that would allow a road to be built through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska. In a draft environmental review ...Politics - The Hill - November 14 -
Alaska Airlines flight from Dulles makes emergency landing at LAX
The pilot declared an emergency landing as a precaution after a tire blew out during take-off. No one was injured.Top stories - CBS News - November 15 -
Carcass of giant fin whale draws scores of onlookers to Alaska beach
Endangered whale measuring 47ft washes up in Anchorage as scientists seek explanation for animal’s death. An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska’s largest city has ...World - The Guardian - November 19 -
Begich Defeats Peltola in Alaska, Flipping House Seat for Republicans
The G.O.P. united behind Nick Begich III, the conservative son of a prominent liberal Alaska political family, to beat Representative Mary Peltola, a Democrat.Top stories - The New York Times - November 21 -
Flight Crews Eye Renewed Union Talks With Alaska Airlines
Cabin crews at the regional carrier are battling to change rules that pay many of them for less than half the time they’re at work.Business - Inc. - November 21 -
Biden expected to soon issue anticipated study on proposed Alaska road’s environmental impacts
The Biden administration is soon expected to take the next steps over a contentious lands issue in Alaska. A source told The Hill that next week the administration is expected to release a draft ...Politics - The Hill - November 8 -
United, Delta and Alaska Air are the buys in ‘mixed’ air-travel recovery, says Goldman analyst
Goldman Sachs analyst Catherine O’Brien resumes coverage of airlines as carriers face choppy post-COVID worldBusiness - MarketWatch - November 15 -
Book Review: A young Walt Longmire battles animal and human predators on Alaska’s North Slope
In 1970, after fighting in Vietnam, young Walt Longmire took a job working security for an oil company in AlaskaEntertainment - ABC News - November 18