NASA rocket launches into Alaskan northern lights

While a rocket launching into the northern lights puts on a spectacular show, it wasn’t just by happenstance. The timing of this launch had to be just right to get the necessary scientific data.

Why are airplane pilots' mental health concerns going untreated?

The off-duty pilot who has been charged with trying to stop airplane engines mid-flight has raised questions about how often pilots are screened, and whether we should be concerned about who's in the cockpit.

Fat Bear Week competition semi-finals: 32 Chunk vs 901, 128 Grazer vs 435 Holly

The annual competition among the bears at Katmai National Park in Alaska is a celebration of “success and survival" as the bears get ready for winter hibernation.

Biden administration ends remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic Wildlife Refuge

Alaska political leaders have pushed to allow oil and gas drilling in the refuge in part because of its economic impact on Indigenous communities in an area with fewer jobs.

Tennessee hiking couple found safe in Alaska after search and rescue

Authorities in Alaska launched the search after finding the couple's vehicle abandoned and learning that they had never checked out of their Airbnb.

200-pound rescued walrus calf receives round-the-clock 'cuddling'

A 200-pound walrus calf found alone and miles from the ocean on Alaska’s North Slope is getting bottle fed and receiving round-the-clock “cuddling" from animal welfare workers who are trying to keep the 1-month-old alive.

Mormon missionary killed, 3 others hurt in Brazil bus crash

Church leaders said 20-year-old Elder Izaak Orion Card, 20, of Anchorage, Alaska, lost his life in a rural area near the city of Tibagi.

Man drowns after getting stuck in waist-deep mud flats in Alaska

The 20-year-old man’s body was recovered Monday, and the accident was the latest tragedy at Turnagain Arm, a 48-mile-long glacier-carved estuary that travels southeast from Anchorage, Alaska.

Fallen climber rescued at Alaska’s Denali National Park

National Park Service rangers rescued a climber who fell from a 16,000-foot-high ridge at Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska, officials said Saturday.

2 climbers missing in Alaska's Denali National Park presumed dead, officials say

Two climbers last heard from as they prepared to scale a peak in Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve last week are believed dead, the park said Thursday.

Search for missing climbers continues at Alaska's Denali National Park

Aerial and limited ground searches were underway Monday in Alaska for two overdue mountain climbers whose last known tracks disappeared at the site of an avalanche, officials said.

Army says helicopters crashed in mountains, fair weather

The two AH-64 Apache helicopters were returning to Fort Wainwright from an aerial gunnery range southeast of Fairbanks when they collided.

Soldiers killed in Alaska helicopter crash identified by US Army

The U.S. Army identified on Saturday the three soldiers who were killed when two helicopters collided in Alaska while returning from a training mission.

US Army grounds aviators for training following deadly helicopter crashes

The U.S. Army says it has grounded aviation units for training after deadly helicopter crashes in Alaska and Kentucky killed 12 in the past month.

Alabama medical helicopter crash leaves two dead

Emergency rescue service Lifesaver was involved in the crash in Shelby County, Alabama on Sunday, April 2 at approximately 5:23 p.m.