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‘His skin was really pale’: State trooper makes water rescue in Tanana River
A state trooper who called out to help a man stuck in the chilly waters of the Tanana River this week took matters into his ...
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Alaska trooper rescues man from icy Tanana River near Nenana dock
In Nenana, Trooper Hollenbeck bravely rescued Jonathan Pitka from the icy Tanana River by entering the freezing water after ...
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Atmospheric river brings heavy rain, flood risk to Southeast Alaska
An atmospheric river is bringing 2–5+ inches of rain to Southeast Alaska, especially near Ketchikan and Annette Island.
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Kipnuk searches for answers after loss of $20M EPA grant to address erosion
After years of assessments, a major step forward in riverbank stabilization for the Kuskokwim Delta coastal community has ...
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A trip into Alaska’s Copper River Valley in 1902
At the end of the 19th century, an estimated 100,000 people joined the Klondike Gold Rush, seeking their fortunes in the interior of Alaska and Canada’s Yukon territory. Many gold seekers who ...
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Breakup season begins as river flow returns across Alaska
according to the Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center. In Fairbanks, sections of the Chena and Tanana rivers have started to open. Hydrologist Kyle Van Peursem said the timing for the Fairbanks ...
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Alaska earthquake: 4.7 magnitude quake rattles Willow, Anchorage, and Eagle River
A 4.7 magnitude earthquake struck near Willow, Alaska, with tremors felt in Anchorage and Eagle River. According to United States Geological Survey (USGS), the quake struck 4 miles north of Willow ...
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2 men missing after ATV with 5 riders breaks through ice on Alaska river, cops say
Two men are missing in Alaska after the ATV they were on broke through the ice on a river, officials said. Photo by Osman Rana on Unsplash Two men are missing after an ATV fell through ice on an ...
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Satellite Images Capture Huge Atmospheric River Sweeping Over Alaska and Canada
A huge atmospheric river over the Gulf of Alaska. Image: Michala Garrison, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership and data from ...
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Western Alaska Yup'ik Village Floods as River Rises From a Series of Storms
Western Alaska Yup'ik Village Floods as River Rises From a Series of Storms ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Storm-battered residents in the western Alaska village of Napakiak were preparing for the ...
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New insights from an unusual black rock found in Alaska in the 1860s
Dall was near the mouth of the Nowitna River, which flows into ... from a source called Batza Tena near the Indian River in Interior Alaska. There are a few other notable obsidian deposits ...
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Sand dunes a unique Alaska landscape
On this windy and cool day 35 difficult miles west of the closest village — Huslia on the Koyukuk River ... Nowitna, Selawik, Kanuti and Innoko refuges — were part of 157 million acres of ...