The U.S. Minerals Management Service for years has counted on a remote local government, the Aleutians East Borough, as a key supporter of the offshore oil and gas lease sale proposed for the North Aleutian basin in 2011.
Public comment period on sea otter habitat extended
The public comment period on sea otters in Southwest Alaska has been extended for 30 days.
Award recognizes conservation attempt
A project to eradicate rats and restore birds to Rat Island has received an award.
Alaska to get nearly $850,000 to settle Selendang Ayu claims
The owners and operators of a freighter that sank in the Aleutian Islands five years ago have agreed to pay the state of Alaska nearly $850,000 to settle oil spill, wreck removal and lost fish tax claims, state officials announced Monday.
No damage reported from 5.2 quake
A moderate earthquake rumbled through the Andreanof Islands region of Alaska's western Aleutians island chain on Tuesday.
Fishing boat crew airlifted to safety
Four crewmen from a 58-foot commercial fishing boat aground in the Aleutian Islands have been rescued and flown to Dutch Harbor, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Wednesday for a crab fisherman who fell overboard from his vessel Tuesday about 22 miles northwest of Cold Bay.
WWII wreck part of new national monument
In World War II, a year after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, a Consolidated B-24D Liberator was on a weather-reporting mission in the Aleutians when the weather it was tracking went from bad to beastly.
Aleutian sea lions fade as eastern group grows
Endangered Steller sea lions in far western Alaska continue to do a disappearing act, with already distressed numbers slipping further in some areas.
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Mystery mayday: Katmai calling?
Investigators in the sinking of the fishing boat Katmai, which killed seven, learned of a mayday call at the Kodiak Coast Guard station 101 minutes before the radio signal that triggered the rescue effort.
Katmai's life rafts tipped over repeatedly
Crewmen on the doomed commercial fishing boat Katmai faced multiple threats, from hurricane-force winds to flooding in the engine room.
Katmai survivors recall desperate struggle
The captain of a commercial fishing boat that sank last week in remote Aleutian waters said Monday he and other crewmen spent a terrifying night trying to cling to a wave-pummeled life raft.
Search for missing crewmen called off
The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday suspended the search for two missing crewmen from the commercial fishing vessel Katmai, which sank last week in distant Aleutian waters west of Adak Island.
Stepfather mourns loss of 'free spirit'
Ron Martindale was working his job in the North Slope oil fields when he received the gut-wrenching call.
Katmai sinking may bring more federal scrutiny
The deadly sinking of the commercial fishing boat Katmai is likely to intensify government scrutiny of an Alaska fleet with a growing record of tragedies.
From the helicopter hovering above the gray seas, U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer Dave Coats could clearly see what a dying, but still potent, North Pacific typhoon was doing to the water below.
Katmai sinking may bring more federal scrutiny
Stepfather mourns loss of 'free spirit'
Afloat and cold in the North Pacific, tossed by two-story swells, men wearing survival suits shivered and huddled on a raft after their fishing boat, the Katmai, went down in the early morning dark.
Four rescued after 15 hours in raft
After roughly 15 hours adrift in a life raft on the frigid, turbulent North Pacific, four crewmen whose fishing vessel disappeared were rescued in good condition, according to the Coast Guard.
Eruption of 3 volcanoes has scientists asking questions
How likely is it that three neighboring volcanoes would all erupt at the same time -- as the Kasatochi, Okmok and Cleveland volcanoes in the Aleutians did this summer?
Volcanic eruption leaves nothing but ash behind
The surprise eruption of Kasatochi Volcano in the central Aleutians this summer turned a small green island rich with seabirds and ocean mammals into a sterile gray lump, scientists say.
Yukon flooding destruction in Eagle
Eagle was hit very hard by the spring Yukon River flooding. Early in June, the destruction was evident, even as cleanup continues and reconstruction begins.
PHOTO GALLERY
Recent warm temperatures have contributed to sudden breakup and flooding along rivers in Interior Alaska causing damage to homes and along the railroad tracks.
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Willie Ballot, of Selawik, describes life after his daughter's suicide.
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Selawik VPO Clarence Snyder gives a tour of the City of Selawik, Alaska Jail.
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Chris Madison of Kotzebue, Alaska talks about the upcoming state ruling that will require vehicles to be registered and insured in Kotzebue, Alaska.
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