Alaska Republican leader ousted as party members feud
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The head of the Alaska Republican party was ousted from her post and a public feud raged on this week between state party traditionalists and Tea...
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Alaska Republican leader ousted as party members feud
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The head of the Alaska Republican party was ousted from her post and a public feud raged on this week between state party traditionalists and Tea...
New strategy needed to cope with Arctic environmental changes: report
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - With the warming U.S. Arctic region poised for greater oil and mining development, the White House needs to develop a national strategy that can take environmental...
Alaska rescue helicopter crash kills all three onboard
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An Alaska State Troopers helicopter crashed during a rescue mission, killing all three people onboard, including the stranded snowmobiler who had summoned the troopers' help, officials...
Shell faces new probe over Alaska drill program
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A fourth government probe is under way into Royal Dutch Shell's mishap-prone 2012 Alaska drilling season, this time for possible violations of international marine environmental rules,...
Four-time Iditarod champ Buser leads Alaskan dog sled race
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Four-time champion Martin Buser was leading the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday, but his potentially record-breaking pace was slowed by high winds, blowing snow...
Former Iditarod champion first to reach Alaska race’s midpoint
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A four-time champion of Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was first to reach the halfway point at a one-time gold mining settlement for which the...
Three killed in small plane crash along Iditarod trail
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A small plane crashed near a mountain checkpoint along the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, killing all three people aboard, state officials said on Tuesday. Searchers...
Alaska’s Iditarod sled-dog race begins in earnest from frozen lake
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Competition in the famed sled-dog race known as the Iditarod began in earnest on Sunday as 65 mushers and their canine teams set off from a...
Iditarod race starts with songs, blessings and hopes of victory
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Dogs barked and spectators cheered as 66 mushers and their teams in the 1,000-mile Iditarod race set out from downtown Anchorage on Saturday after religious blessings,...