Mark Thiessen

‘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 – Catherine O’Hara poses for photographers upon arrival at the UK premiere of “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Macaulay Culkin, Meryl Streep and more pay tribute to Catherine O’Hara, who died at 71

January 30, 2026 at 3:49 p.m.

The death of Catherine O’Hara at 71 prompted an outpouring from the actor’s co-stars and friends over the decades.

A bear warning sign is posted at the Basher trailhead in Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, a day after a hiker was injured by a brown bear about two miles into the trail. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Anchorage officials warn hikers after 2 bear attacks in a week

July 29, 2025 at 4:59 p.m.

Authorities are warning hikers to steer clear of streams and rivers where salmon are running and to take precautions after bears mauled hikers on two different occasions within a week...

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.

FILE – A boat is seen on the Susitna River near Talkeetna, Alaska, on Sunday, June 13, 2021, with Denali in the background. Denali, the tallest mountain on the North American continent, is located about 60 miles northwest of Talkeetna. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Alaskans say Trump can change the name of Denali but can’t make people call it Mount McKinley

January 26, 2025 at 8:42 a.m.

Most Alaskans will never stop calling the peak Denali, its Alaska Native name, despite President Donald Trump’s executive order that the name revert to Mount McKinley — an identifier inspired...

FILE - In this photo provided by the National Park Service is Grazer, the winner of the 2023 Fat Bear Contest, at Katmai National Park, Alaska on Sept. 14, 2023. (F. Jimenez/National Park Service via AP, File)

Alaska’s Fat Bear Contest winner finishes ahead of the bear that killed her cub

October 9, 2024 at 11:15 a.m.

In a storyline better befitting a melodrama than a popularity vote, Grazer won her second Fat Bear Contest Tuesday by defeating the male behemoth that killed her cub this summer.

Investigators examine the scene of a shooting, May 30, 2024, in Minneapolis. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)

Minneapolis police officer dies in ambush shooting that killed 2 others including suspected gunman

May 31, 2024 at 6:55 a.m.

A Minneapolis police officer responding to a shooting call was ambushed and killed Thursday when he stopped to provide aid to a man who appeared to be a victim.

Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, is shown on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Three Idaho corrections officers were shot as a suspect staged a brazen attack to break Skylar Meade, a prison inmate out of the Boise hospital overnight. Two of the officers were shot by the suspect early Wednesday. The third was shot and wounded by a police officer when police mistook the correctional officer for the suspect. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP)

Police track down escaped Idaho prisoner and accomplice, say pair may have killed 2 on run

March 21, 2024 at 5:10 p.m.

A white supremacist Idaho prison gang member and an accomplice are in custody after a brazen attack to free the inmate in transit from a Boise hospital, and investigators are...

Thomas Waerner mushes into Unalakleet, Alaska, Sunday, March 15, 2020 during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Norwegian musher Thomas Waerner wins Alaska’s Iditarod sled dog race

March 18, 2020 at 1:54 p.m.

Norwegian musher Thomas Waerner easily won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska, one of the few U.S. sporting events not canceled by concerns over the new coronavirus.

Estas fotos de pantalla muestran alertas de tsunami tras el sismo que se sintió en la isla Kodiak de Alaska, el 23 de enero de 2018.

Cancelan alerta de tsunami en Alaska

May 15, 2019 at 4:16 p.m.

Un sismo de magnitud 7.9 registrado el martes ante la isla de Kodiak, en Alaska, provocó una alerta de tsunami para una amplia franja de la costa de Alaska y...

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