Latest Alaska Headlines
All the headlines from our Alaska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
No Leak Seen At Stranded Oil Drill Ship in Arctic
Jan 3 2013 // No leak has been seen from a Shell oil drilling ship that grounded off an Alaska island during a storm, officials said, as opponents criticized the growing race to explore the Arctic for energy resources. Federal on-scene...
Shell Drill Ship Runs Aground On Island Off Alaska
Jan 2 2013 // Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s foray into Arctic offshore drilling has suffered a serious setback after one of its two Alaskan drilling rigs ran aground off a small island while trying to escape a fierce storm. The Kulluk...
Company Fined For Alaska Asbestos Release
Dec 26 2012 // An Alaska company has been fined $70,000 and placed on three years of probation for releasing asbestos into the air in Anchorage. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Beistline (BISTE’-line) last week also...
Conocophillips Reaches Deals Over Alaska Spills
Dec 20 2012 // ConocoPhillips has agreed to federal and state civil penalties of about $200,000 for spills of crude oil and contaminated water from corroded pipe in Alaska’s Kuparuk Oil Field in 2006 and 2007. ConocoPhillips Alaska...
Biologist: Tsunami Debris Overwhelming In Spots In Alaska
Dec 17 2012 // Debris that gathered this past summer on Alaska’s Kayak Island made walking on its beaches feel like walking through a natural disaster zone, a federal biologist said Thursday. Jacek Maselko, a biologist with the...
Alaska Increases Estimate of Salmon Disaster
Nov 15 2012 // Alaska’s Commerce commissioner says the disaster from poor king salmon returns was worse than first estimated. In a letter to the state’s congressional delegation, Susan Bell says commercial fishery permit...
Researchers Still Learning About 2002 Alaska Earthquake
Nov 6 2012 // The Denali Fault earthquake only rumbled for about 3 minutes when it shook Interior Alaska a decade ago, but some of the reverberations of that powerful seismic event are still being felt today. The 7.9 magnitude quake,...
Alaska Setting for Japanese Documentary on Tsunami
Nov 5 2012 // A Japanese broadcasting group has been filming a documentary about tsunami debris in Kodiak, Alaska. NHK, Japan’s national public broadcasting station, is filming a documentary about tsunami debris in Alaska to raise...
Hawaii Tsunami Smaller Than Feared; Ports Reopened
Oct 29 2012 // Officials in Hawaii reopened the state’s ports on Sunday and canceled a tsunami advisory as fears receded that there would be damaging waves from a powerful earthquake off the coast of Canada. The Pacific Tsunami...
Alaska Disaster Declaration Now Covers Interior Flooding
Oct 25 2012 // A disaster declaration has been expanded to include three regions of Interior Alaska impacted by flooding in late September. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Gov. Sean Parnell has expanded an earlier declaration for...
Alaska Setting For Japanese Documentary On Tsunami
Oct 22 2012 // A Japanese broadcasting group is filming a documentary about tsunami debris in Kodiak, Alaska this week. NHK, Japan’s national public broadcasting station, is filming a documentary about tsunami debris in Alaska to...
Wind Speed Of 114 Mph Recorded In Alaska Storm
Oct 1 2012 // An amateur weather station recorded a wind speed of 114 miles per hour during last week’s storm along the Alaska Range. The gust was recorded Sept. 17 in Dry Creek, a community 40 miles southeast of Delta Junction,...
Alaska Railroad: Flood Damage, Lost Revenue May Top $1M
Sep 26 2012 // Washouts of railroad track after heavy rains and revenue lost because of idled trains are likely to cost the Alaska Railroad more than $1 million, a spokeswoman said Monday. “We’re still tallying the...
Alaska To Get $1 Million For Tsunami Cleanup
Sep 12 2012 // Japan is providing money for cleanup of debris from that country’s tsunami last year. KTUU-TV reported that Alaska will receive $1 million from Japan. The money is part of a $6 million appropriation for the task to...
Alaska Family Charged With Insurance Fraud
Sep 7 2012 // Three members of a North Pole family have been charged with felony insurance fraud connected to the crash of a pickup. A complaint filed by state insurance investigator Alex Romero says 26-year-old Marlon A. Conklin and...
Alaska Gov. Seeks Salmon Fishery Disaster Declaration
Aug 20 2012 // Gov. Sean Parnell is requesting that a federal disaster declaration be issued for Upper Cook Inlet salmon fisheries because of very weak Chinook salmon runs, which he said have left sport and commercial fishermen facing...
Coastal Risk Underwriters Enters Alaska Homeowners Market
Aug 16 2012 // Coastal Risk Underwriters (CRU), a member company of Insight Catastrophe Group, has launched a new preferred homeowners program for properties located in the state of Alaska. The program, underwritten by Occidental Fire...
Ark. Farm Bureau Ratings Lowered; Louisiana Farm Bureau Affirmed
May 11 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating to “bbb” from “a-” of Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. of Arkansas Inc....
Lawsuit Seeks Overtime Wages For ACS Employees
May 2 2012 // A class action complaint was filed against Alaska Communication Systems Group alleging sales and marketing personnel were not paid overtime. The lawsuit was filed on on Monday behalf of a former employee, Laura Lee...
Tanana River Ice Jam Floods Alaska’s Manley Hot Springs
May 1 2012 // Five homes have been flooded in the interior Alaska community of Manley Hot Springs and high water is threatening 20 more. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports an ice jam formed on the Tanana River downstream of the...
