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The melting of one of North America's largest icefields has accelerated and could soon reach an irreversible tipping point. That's the conclusion of new research colleagues and I have published on the Juneau Icefield, which straddles the…

Thousands of Alaskans celebrated July 4th with their signature car launch, where over a dozen automobiles are thrown off a cliff on a remote hillside.

By ANALISE PICKERRELL Four Points News Three former Vandegrift students and current University of Texas undergraduates were sent off on May 25 to bike from Austin to Anchorage on the Texas 4000 – the world’s longest annual charity bike…

U.S. District Court Judge for Alaska Joshua Kindred has resigned from his role in a sudden move that sparked a surprise on social media.

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Angie and Gary Englegau have been left heartbroken following the tragic death of four-year-old Frank who died after succumbing to heat exhaustion on the Alaska Airlines flight.

The new findings indicate that the state’s future contributions to rising tides may soon be baked-in, and impossible to prevent.

The Juneau Icefield may now keep melting even if global warming stopped.

Alaska is suing the U.S. Administration over the decision of the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to restrict access to drilling and mining in a large part of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). “The new…

The owners claim staff would not allow the French bulldog to be let out of his carrier

Alaska Airlines’ flight attendants are set for an average pay increase of 32% as part of a new three-year tentative labor agreement with the airline, a union representing the employees said.

The Seattle-based airline celebrated 35 years of flying to Mexico with two new routes.

A new study says the melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield is accelerating. The snow covered area is now shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s.

Alaska Air Group Inc (NYSE:ALK) flight attendants are poised to receive a pay increase of 32% on average as part of a new three-year tentative labor agreement.

'This transaction is consistent with Eni's strategy focused on the rationalization of the upstream activities by rebalancing its portfolio and divesting non-strategic assets'.

The icefield is melting so fast that the flow of ice into water from now averages about 50,000 gallons every second, a researcher said.