Becky Bohrer

‘Deadliest Catch’ crewman Todd Meadows dies after falling overboard, Coast Guard says

March 3, 2026 at 4:31 p.m.

A deckhand on the reality television show “Deadliest Catch,” which documents the lives of crab fishermen working in one of the world’s harshest environments, died after he was reported to...

FILE – The Kaktovik Lagoon and the Brooks Range mountains of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are seen in Kaktovik, Alaska, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Trump administration finalizes plan to open pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to oil and gas drilling

October 23, 2025 at 5:24 p.m.

The Trump administration on Thursday finalized a plan to open the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling.

A strong earthquake Wednesday off the Alaska coast triggered a tsunami warning. (AP Graphic)

An Alaska tsunami warning had residents scrambling for high ground after 7.3 magnitude earthquake

July 16, 2025 at 7:02 p.m.

A lightly populated stretch of Alaska’s southern coast was under a tsunami warning Wednesday after a strong earthquake was felt throughout the region.

This photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, shows a small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on a flight that was bound for the hub community of Nome. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

The remains of all 10 people killed in Alaska plane crash have been recovered, authorities say

February 8, 2025 at 6:52 p.m.

The remains of all 10 people killed when their small plane crashed into ice on the Bering Sea have been recovered, authorities said.

FILE – The city of Nome, Alaska, awaits the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race musher Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Ryan Redington won the race. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP, File)

Missing commuter plane found crashed on Alaska sea ice and all 10 aboard died, authorities say

February 7, 2025 at 6:37 p.m.

A small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on its way to the hub community of Nome was located Friday on sea ice, and all 10 people on board...

FILE – People stand at the Eielson Visitor Center with a view of North America’s tallest peak, Denali, in the background, Sept. 2, 2015, in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, file)

Donald Trump order seeks to change name of North America’s tallest peak from Denali to Mount McKinley — and Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America

January 21, 2025 at 9:18 a.m.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling for North America’s tallest peak — Denali in Alaska — to be renamed Mount McKinley. He also called for changing the name...

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