April 7 (UPI) --Sanitation officials in Anchorage, Alaska, put their bear-resistant trash bins to the test with the help of some product testing experts: the Alaska Zoo's bears. Anchorage Solid ...

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The top-ranked candidate to be the next Palm Coast city manager has dropped out of contention: William Lee Smith has been hired as the city manager in Nome, Alaska. The news was reported to the City ...

As it turns out, a mama bear and her cubs couldn’t resist using it as their personal jungle gym, photos show. A technician set up the camera after the station near Tok, Alaska, repeatedly went ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Village of Solomon, a tribal community headquartered in the Nome Census Area, is hoping to boost its energy security and lower fuel costs by installing nine solar arrays ...