Alaska

Billy Ray Macon Sr. graduated from high school in 1961. The school district made sure the teen knew he barely passed despite being a working father and husband.

A bull moose in Alaska attacked the sled dog team training for the upcoming Iditarod race. Four animals were injured but are now recovering.

The sun has set on Utqiaġvik, Alaska, and won’t rise again until January 22, 2022.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who voted to convict former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial, announced she will run for reelection.

The Alaska Air National Guard rescued a 39-year-old bear-mauling victim at Wrangell-St. Elias Park in Alaska, as seen in footage posted on Sept. 15.

Alaska's largest hospital is implementing crisis standards of care, or prioritizing resources and treatments to those patients who have the potential to benefit the most.

Republican Sen. Lora Reinbold requested an excusal from the state Senate until mid-January, citing the challenges of traveling to Juneau from Anchorage after she was suspended from flying on Alaska Airlines.

Mike Gravel was known for reading thousands of pages of the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record. He also later twice ran for president.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck central Alaska late Sunday, reported the U.S. Geological Survey.

Alaska state Sen. Lora Reinbold drove through part of Canada and took a ferry to reach the state's capital over the weekend after Alaska Airlines suspended her from its flights for her “continued refusal” to follow mask requirements.

Senator Lora Reinbold from Alaska has been banned from Alaska Airlines for her "continued refusal to comply with employee instruction regarding the current mask policy,” an airline spokesperson said.

Alaska has become the first state in the country where eligibility requirements were dropped for the COVID-19 vaccine. Now, anyone 16 and older who lives or works in the state can get it.

An Alaska department plans to investigate the issuance of license plates in the state that were personalized to read “3REICH."

Health officials in Alaska have reported that a second health care worker had an adverse reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine.

Two sizeable earthquakes shook several communities in the North Pacific off the coast of Alaska.

According to the National Weather Service in Fairbanks, Alaska, Wednesday will begin a 66 day period of near-darkness in this city along the Arctic coast.

A powerful earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean south of the Alaska Peninsula on Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The 7.5-magnitude earthquake prompted the National Tsunami Center to issue a tsunami warning for south Alaska and the Alaska Peninsula.