“The next hour was a combination of skill, luck, and teamwork,” Greider recalled. “We located the downed aircraft and had to land and shut down the chopper on the other side of a raging creek. “This would mean having to wade through the creek twice. The water was nearly four feet deep and moving swiftly, dragging us downstream.”

A coalition of Alaska disability advocates is raising concerns about the potential impacts of a federal lawsuit the state joined in September. Alaska and 16 other states filed the suit — State of Texas et al v.

Federal immigration authorities are trying to deport a Somali asylum seeker living in Anchorage, as his attorneys argue he should not be held because his country is on a list of nations the U.S. has determined are too dangerous to return migrants to.

As wildfires burn across Texas and the Carolinas, large swaths of the U.S. — including much of the Southeast and Southwest — will have an above-normal risk of wildfire in the coming months.

27-year-old Roble Ahmed Salad is one of about a half dozen people Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have detained in Alaska so far this year, according to reporting by the Anchorage Daily News. Daily News reporter Michelle Theriault Boots says Salad's journey to Alaska began in 2022 when he crossed the U.S. border with Mexico.

The avalanche occurred 8 miles northeast of the airport in Girdwood. The city is considered the skiing capital of Alaska. If the three deaths are confirmed, it'll be the deadliest avalanche in the U.S. since three climbers were killed two years ago in Washington's Cascade Mountains.

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver star Xavier Worthy was arrested Friday on a domestic violence charge in Texas, according to authorities.

As the president pressures countries to buy more American energy, Asian officials and investors are reconsidering a hugely expensive plan stalled for decades.