Alaska

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The Alaska Volcano Observatory issued its highest alert level for aviation Tuesday, after a volcano erupted in the Aleutian Islands that reportedly sent ash thousands of feet into the air. The alert was downgraded hours later.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say rescuers did not find any survivors after a small plane carrying three people crashed in a remote area of western Alaska.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — As Alaska faces a multibillion dollar budget deficit, the oil fund wealth checks distributed yearly to nearly every Alaskan could be on the chopping block.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska has become the third state in the U.S. to legalize the recreational use of marijuana.

UNDATED (AP) — Some of the lower 48 states are bracing for an Arctic air blast from a growing high pressure system fueled by the remnants of Typhoon Nuri which is moving east after blasting remote parts of Alaska's Aleutian chain with hurricane-force winds.

The Alaskan news anchor who dropped the 'F-bomb' while quitting her job on LIVE TV is explaining her decision to quit, but says she doesn't know why she decided to swear while doing it (video below).

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The remains of a victim of recently deceased Alaska serial killer Robert Hansen were being exhumed from an Anchorage gravesite, 30 years after her killer led authorities to her body near a lake north of the city.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Former Alaska Attorney General Dan Sullivan has won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Alaska.

An earthquake has been reported this morning off the coast of Alaska.