TOKYO (AP) — A magnitude-8.7 earthquake in Russia’s Far East early Wednesday prompted tsunami warnings in parts of Japan, Alaska and Hawaii. Damage and evacuations were reported in the Russian regions nearest the epicenter on the Kamchatka Peninsula.

"A beautiful day recreating on Delong Lake turned tragic when a person realized a friend out paddleboarding vanished," the Anchorage Fire Department (AFD) said in a news release . The caller reported that the man, who has not yet been publicly identified, hadn't been seen for about 15 minutes and wasn't wearing a life jacket.

A 2018 law aimed at improving outcomes for kids in Alaska’s foster care system hasn’t led to meaningful progress, according to a recent audit, leaving experts dismayed.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after an Alaska Airlines plane struck several deer while landing in Kodiak, Alaska Thursday.

Investigators have released an inquiry into the fatal crash in a mountainous area, where Eugene Peltola Jr., the husband of former U.S. Representative Mary Peltola, was killed in 2023.

Guzman, 41, is being held at the ICE facility in Tacoma as she awaits a bond hearing next week. Coyotl, a University of Alaska Anchorage student hoping to become an air-traffic controller, said his parents moved to Alaska in 2003. They didn’t come to ...

Too much moose meat and antlers strapped to a wing caused a deadly small plane crash in Alaska, a nearly two-year long investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board determined in a report released Tuesday.

Last year, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled in a 4-1 decision that Eric Hafner, an imprisoned felon in New York state, could remain on Alaska’s U.S. House ballot despite a lawsuit challenging his eligibility.