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US Coast Guard is searching for 5 people after a fishing boat reportedly capsized in seas off Alaska

The U.S. Coast Guard says it’s searching for five people after a fishing boat reportedly capsized in rough weather and cold seas southwest of Alaska’s capital city of Juneau.

Female racing pioneer ‘Motorcycle Mary’ McGee dies a day before documentary on her is released

An estimated 290 residences damaged by flooding from lake dammed by Alaska glacier, officials say

Residents in Alaska capital clean up swamped homes after an ice dam burst and unleashed a flood

An Alaska tourist spot will vote whether to ban cruise ships on Saturdays to give locals a break

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Melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield accelerates

Melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield accelerates, losing snow nearly 5 times faster than in the 1980s. (Produced by: Brittany Peterson)

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Melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield accelerates, losing snow nearly 5 times faster than in the 1980s

A new study says the melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating. The snow covered area is now shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s.

A new agreement would limit cruise passengers in Alaska’s capital. A critic says it falls short

A new agreement between Alaska’s capital city and major cruise lines seeks to cap the daily number of cruise ship passengers arriving in Juneau starting in 2026.

It’s so cold and snowy in Alaska that fuel oil is thickening and roofs are collapsing

Much of Alaska has plunged into a deep freeze, with temperatures colder than minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit in recent days in some places.

Residents of Alaska’s capital dig out after snowfall for January hits near-record level for the city

So far this month, 69.2 inches (175 centimeters) of snow have been recorded at the Juneau airport. The record for January was set in 2009 at 75.2 inches (191 centimeters), said Nathan Compton, a National Weather Service meteorologist. Records date to 1936.

Alaska governor’s budget plan includes roughly $3,400 checks for residents and deficit of nearly $1B

Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy has unveiled a budget plan that would pay residents an oil-wealth dividend of about $3,400 next year and use savings to plug an estimated $990 million deficit.

Search continues for the missing after landslide leaves 3 dead in Alaska fishing community

Three people are dead and three others remain missing after a landslide ripped through a remote Alaska fishing community this week. The landslide slammed into three homes in the southeast Alaska town of Wrangell on Monday night.

Alaska couple reunited with cat 26 days after home collapsed into river swollen by glacial outburst

You can now refer to Leo the cat as Lucky Leo. He was reunited with his owners in Juneau, Alaska, 26 days after the family’s house fell into the swollen Mendenhall River during a glacial-outburst flood in early August.

Bursting ice dam in Alaska highlights risks of glacial flooding around the globe

The destruction that resulted from a glacial dam bursting in Alaska’s capital highlights the danger such flooding poses around the world.

Glacial dam outburst in Alaska’s capital erodes riverbanks, destroys at least 2 buildings

Raging waters from a weekend outburst of water from a glacier-dammed lake destroyed at least two buildings and damaged others before floodwaters receded in Alaska’s capital city of Juneau.

At least 2 buildings destroyed in flooding in Alaska’s capital from glacial lake water release

Officials in Alaska say at least two buildings have been destroyed and residents of others have been evacuated after flooding caused by a release of water from a glacial lake.

Crammed with tourists, Alaska’s capital wonders what will happen as its magnificent glacier recedes

A record number of cruise passengers are expected this year in Alaska’s capital, drawn by wonders such as the long-retreating Mendenhall Glacier. So many people are expected that the city’s immediate concern is how to manage them all.

Alaska board delays action on proposal to bar transgender girls from girls’ high school sports teams

The state board of education has delayed action on a proposal that would bar transgender girls from participating on high school girls’ athletic teams in Alaska. Several board members said they wanted more time to consider the issue.

Alaska man inadvertently films his own drowning on a glacial lake with helmet GoPro, officials say

Authorities say an Alaska man inadvertently filmed his own drowning on a glacial lake with a GoPro camera mounted on his helmet. But officials who recovered the camera have not yet found his body.

Judge: Alaska oil project can proceed as lawsuits play out

U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason in Anchorage refused requests by environmental groups and an Alaska Native organization to delay construction related to Willow. In separate lawsuits, the groups ultimately want Gleason to overturn the project’s approval, saying the U.S. Bureau of Land Manage