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Baby on board: Paramedics help passenger give birth just before Delta flight lands

Two paramedics helped deliver a baby girl on a Delta flight as it landed in Portland, Oregon. Ashley Blair gave birth to her daughter Brielle Renee Blair on Friday night.

 

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A tiny Arctic village in Alaska is trying to revive its polar bear tourism industry

A small Indigenous village in Alaska wants to reclaim its status as a top spot for polar bear tourism.

 

A gray whale that swam 20 miles up a Washington state river is found dead

A juvenile gray whale that swam 20 miles up a river in Washington state has been found dead. A marine mammal research group suspects hunger drove the whale to new hunting grounds.

 

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2 tugboat crew members killed in ‘confined space incident’ on barge, Coast Guard says

Two crew members of a tugboat were killed and two others were injured in what the Coast Guard described as a “confined space incident” aboard a barge last weekend in southeast Alaska.

 

After training in deep snow and bitter cold, ex-reality show star seeks to win the Iditarod again

The winner of last year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska says he’s feeling intense pressure to repeat as champion.

 

Downtown Anchorage braces for a canine takeover as the Iditarod’s 54th run begins

The Iditarod has returned to Anchorage as hundreds of dogs and their mushers line up for the race’s ceremonial start.

 

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‘Deadliest Catch’ crewman Todd Meadows dies after falling overboard, Coast Guard says

A “Deadliest Catch” deckhand has died after he was reported to have fallen overboard from the fishing vessel Aleutian Lady. That’s according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

 

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NORAD intercepts 5 Russian aircraft near Alaska, though military says there was no threat

NORAD intercepted five Russian military aircraft near Alaska’s western coast, but officials say the flights were not provocative.

 

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Alaska to replace Black Veterans Memorial Bridge, saving part as tribute to Alaska Highway builders

A historic bridge in Alaska named for segregated Black soldiers who battled extreme weather and terrain to help build the first road link between Alaska and Canada needs to replaced.

 

Collar cams offer a bear’s eye view into the lives of grizzlies on Alaska’s desolate North Slope

Researchers at Washington State University and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are using collar cams to study a remote population of grizzly bears on Alaska’s North Slope.

 

Macaulay Culkin, Eugene Levy and more pay tribute to Catherine O’Hara, who died at 71

Celebrities and Canada’s prime minister are reacting to the death of actor Catherine O’Hara, who died Friday in Los Angeles at 71.

 

Alaska court weighs voter misconduct charges in case that casts light on status of American Samoans

The Alaska Court of Appeals is deciding whether to dismiss felony voter misconduct charges against Tupe Smith, an Alaska resident born in American Samoa.

 

Mary Peltola, barrier-breaking ex-Alaska congresswoman, is challenging Dan Sullivan in Senate race

Democratic former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola announces her challenge against Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in this year’s midterm elections.

 

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Coast Guard helicopter crew battles high winds to rescue 9 from grounded fishing boat in Alaska

Nine crew members of a commercial crab boat were hoisted to safety after the boat named the Arctic Sea grounded on an Alaska island.

 

Lawsuit blames Tesla design flaws for crash that killed Washington state woman, injured her husband

A lawsuit claims design flaws caused a Tesla Model 3 to accelerate uncontrollably before crashing into a utility pole and bursting into flames, killing Wendy Dennis and severely injuring her husband, Jeff.

 

An uncommon program helps children displaced by flooding that devastated Alaska villages

An immersion program that helps preserve an Alaska Native language has been a boon to children displaced by last month’s severe flooding in western Alaska.

 

Crews are working to fix Alaska Native villages devastated by flooding. But will residents return?

Crews are working to repair remote Alaska Native villages that were devastated by the remnants of a typhoon last month.

 

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

Damage to remote Alaska villages hammered by flooding last weekend is so extreme that many of the more than 2,000 people displaced won’t be able to return to their homes for at least 18 months.

 

Evacuees detail harrowing scenes of flooding in coastal Alaska villages as airlift continues

More evacuees from coastal Alaska villages inundated by high surf last weekend are arriving in Anchorage.

 

Chunk, a 1,200-pound bear with a broken jaw, wins Alaska’s popular Fat Bear Week contest

Chunk, a 1,200-pound behemoth with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after finishing in second place three previous years.

 

From corpulent cubs to brawny brown bears, Alaska’s popular Fat Bear Week is back

The brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula have been gorging all summer on an abundant sockeye salmon run.

 

What to know about Fat Bear Week, and the brawny bruins ready to battle for the title

The annual Fat Bear Week featuring gluttonous brown bears at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve is back.

 

10 Alaskans born in American Samoa plead not guilty in voting case highlighting citizenship issues

Ten Alaska residents pleaded not guilty to voter misconduct or other charges. Their cases have drawn renewed attention to the complex citizenship status for people born in the U.S. territory of American Samoa.

 

2 adults killed, 7 children injured in ATV accident at Alabama off-road park

Two adults were killed and seven children ranging in age from 1 to 12 years old were injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident at an off-road ATV park in Alabama.

 

Alaska medical board approves draft to discipline providers of gender-affirming care for youth

The Alaska State Medical Board has approved preliminary language that could result in disciplinary action against medical professionals who provide gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

 

Alaska man gifted $22,000 motorcycle by Russian government after viral interview

An Alaska man might have walked away as the biggest winner of last week’s high stakes summit between U.S.

 

Orthodox Christians in Alaska pray for peace ahead of Trump-Putin summit

Orthodox Christians across Alaska are taking part in three days of prayer for peace, ahead of a summit between U.S.

 

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

When U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska on Friday, it will be the latest chapter in the 49th state’s long history with Russia — and with international tensions.

 

Residents in Alaska’s capital city prepare for possible glacial flooding

Residents and officials in Juneau are preparing for the possibility of glacial flooding that in past years has swept away houses and eroded the river fed by the popular Mendenhall Glacier.

 

AP investigation shows chaos of deadly Texas floods through emergency recordings and videos

The Associated Press has assembled a chronology of chaotic rescue efforts as a flash flood barreled through the Hill Country of Central Texas before dawn July 4.

 

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