Operation Santa Claus 2024: Alaska Guard delivers

Members of the Alaska National Guard deliver holiday cheer to the remote community of Yakutat as part of the annual Operation Santa Claus on Dec. 18, 2024. The mission brings gifts, supplies, and Christmas joy to children and families in partnership with …

Unseasonably warm for Christmas Eve across Alaska

Alaska Governor Sends "Priority List" To Trump Transition Team

Alaska's governor has sent the Trump transition team a list of priorities he wants tackled/State of Alaska Permitting the Ambler Road through Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve to open up mining; giving Alaska control over fish and …

Alaska’s Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski Against President-elect Donald Trump’s Name Change of Denali to Mount ...

Details Last Updated: Tuesday, 24 December 2024 03:14 Published: Tuesday, 24 December 2024 05:50 December 24, 2024 - Washington, DC – In response to recent comments from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) reaffirmed her …

In Depth Alaska: Sen Lisa Murkowski

Alaska Airlines passenger opens emergency exit, climbs onto wing of plane after landing, airport says

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A passenger aboard an Alaska Airlines arriving in Seattle on Sunday opened the emergency exit door and climbed onto the aircraft’s wing, according to airport officials. A spokesperson with Seattle-Tacoma International Airport …

As Alaska schools close, one Aleutian village bucks the trend

Nikolski’s one-room purple schoolhouse sits on the outskirts of the 30-person village, facing a vast, grassy valley. The western Aleutian village stretches along Umnak Island’s Nikolski Bay on the Bering Sea, with Okmok volcano on the horizon. Students …

Woman climbs onto wing of Alaska Airlines plane at Seattle airport due to 'anxiety'

An American Airlines flight from Dallas, Texas, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, flooded due to a leak from the lavatory. Footage shows passengers reacting to the water spilling down the aisle. A female passenger took an alternative route off an Alaska Airlines …

National defense bill to bring over $723M to Alaska in construction projects

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has several projects for most of Alaska’s military bases and additional support for military families. Sens. Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, both Republicans, supported the bill …

Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines are offering reciprocal status matches

When it announced its acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines, Alaska Airlines promised that elite members of each program would be able to status match. That status match is now live, as first flagged by Gary Leff at View from the Wing. The airlines will …