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New provisions that benefit whaling captains and rural hospitals appear to be aimed at winning over Senator Lisa Murkowski, the Alaska Republican who had said the bill would hurt her state.
Congress’s one-size-fits-all bill doesn’t take into account the realities of life in Alaska.
A car carrier off the coast of Alaska that has been on fire for several weeks has sunk, taking a payload of several thousand vehicles with it.
The Morning Midas has sunk approximately 450 miles off the coast of Alaska. The ship caught on fire earlier this month and was carrying over 3,000 vehicles. While only 70 cars were EVs, they’ve ...
A cargo ship carrying 3,000 new vehicles sank in the North Pacific off the coast of Alaska several weeks after catching fire and being abandoned by its crew.
The Morning Midas sank in the North Pacific Ocean, weeks after crew members abandoned ship when they couldn't extinguish an onboard fire.
Alaska just hit a climate milestone — its first-ever heat advisory The heat bearing down on central Alaska "could feel like 110" in a state where the sun can shine all day.
For the first time, the state known for glaciers, dogsledding and northern lights issued a heat advisory, with Fairbanks pushing the mid-80s.
Alaska's untapped energy potential could revitalize the economy, reduce foreign energy dependence, and create jobs while respecting native communities' needs.
A salvage team was expected to arrive early next week at the scene of a cargo ship that was carrying about 3,000 vehicles to Mexico when it caught fire in waters off Alaska’s Aleutian island chain.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The crew of a cargo ship carrying 3,000 vehicles to Mexico, including 800 electric vehicles, abandoned ship after they could not control a fire aboard the vessel in ...