A permitting system designed in the 1970s was supposed to make Alaska’s commercial fishing industry more sustainable and more ...

By John Yoon The mangled wreckage of a plane with 10 bodies inside was found on Friday near the western coast of Alaska and is believed to be the aircraft that vanished the day before, a spokesman ...

Research by Dr. Meenakshi Shankar Poti (Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Université libre de Bruxelles) delves into the environmental policies and governance structures in small islands ...

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Alaska has mountainous terrain and challenging weather. Many villages are not connected by roads and small planes are used to transport people and goods. Bering Air is an Alaska-based regional ...

Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski shared her condolences following the incident. “Alaska is a big small town. When tragedy strikes, we’re never far removed from the Alaskans directly impacted,” she wrote ...

A small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on its way to the hub community of Nome was located Friday on sea ice and all 10 people on board died, authorities said. Mike Salerno ...

The small island is densely populated with around 23.9 million inhabitants and features a diverse landscape with mountains dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third ...

NTSB investigates Alaska plane crash killing 10 Wreckage found ... Recovery of the victims from the small commuter aircraft was made by a joint effort of the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Air Force ...

The small turboprop Cessna Caravan, carrying nine passengers and a pilot, was reported missing at around 4 p.m. local time on Thursday, according to the Alaska Department of Public Safety.

Alaska is known for its mountainous terrain and challenging weather. Many Alaskan villages are not connected by roads, meaning small planes are generally used to transport people and goods.