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Buying Marijuana in These States Helps Fight Substance Abuse

Helping to fight substance abuse in some states can be as easy as purchasing legal marijuana.

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Lake Bluff man gets stuck waist-deep in Alaska mud flats, drowns as tide comes in

Zachary Porter, 20, was submerged Sunday evening and his body was recovered Monday morning. A member of Porter’s group called 911 when they couldn’t get him out but it was too late, authorities said.

Chicago Sun-Times

'Leap of faith:' Alaska pursues carbon offset market while embracing oil

Alaska’s push to become a bigger player in the clean energy market will be in the spotlight this week at a conference convened by Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy

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Man drowns after getting stuck waist-deep in Alaska mud flats despite desperate rescue effort

A man walking on tidal mud flats with friends in an Alaska estuary got stuck up to his waist in the quicksand-like silt and drowned as the tide came in before frantic rescuers could extract him

The Independent UK

The lifeline of flying: the pilots connecting remote communities in Alaska

Small aircraft are essential to Alaska’s remote settlements, and flying is part of the state’s culture. Acacia Johnson, who grew up in Anchorage, has been photographing the pilots keeping remote communities connected

The Guardian - UK

Where is the coldest place on Earth?

There are some bone-chilling places on Earth, but what is the lowest temperature ever recorded and where was it?

LiveScience

Alaska Airlines Credit Card: $550 Bonus Offer

The Alaska Airlines credit card offers 50,000 bonus miles plus a free companion fare. Bank of America customers get a 10% rewards boost.

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Jill Biden touts efforts to bring better internet to Alaska Native villages

Alaska Native villages have long been caught on the wrong side of the digital divide with no internet connections or a sluggish link at best

The Independent UK

Breaking ice jams, rapid snowmelt flood homes, businesses and roads across Alaska

Flooding across Alaska has inundated scores of homes, with several of them knocked from their foundations by large ice chunks, and shut one of the state’s few east-west highways down to one lane

The Independent UK

Surging Alaska rivers leave behind huge chunks of ice, damaged homes

Ice jams in two Alaska rivers have unleashed major flooding over the weekend

The Independent UK

Alaska Governor Issues A Declaration Of Disaster As Flooding Hit Communities In Alaska

Ice break-ups have flooded many communities in the Alaska river where ice melting too quickly floods faster.

Zenger

Living in the Alaska rainforest with 1,000 bears: ‘Not the easiest place to be homeless’

As housing prices increase in the tiny beautiful town, those already living on the edge are pushed off further into the wilderness

The Guardian - US

U.S. fighter jets intercept Russian planes near Alaska

U.S. fighter jets intercepted six Russian aircraft operating in international airspace near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said on Sunday.

Reuters

Watch as 2 male Alaskan grizzly bears fight in an epic battle

An Alaskan wildlife guide captured two massive male grizzly bears in a brawl for "mating season dominance rights."

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Massive grizzly bears battle for dominance at Alaskan National Park

Videographer Brad Josephs said it was the "most extreme bear interaction" he had seen in his 25 years as an expedition guide

The Independent UK

Missing climbers in Alaska likely triggered avalanche, fell

National park officials in Alaska say two missing mountain climbers likely triggered a small avalanche

The Independent UK

Denali National Park worker dies after triggering avalanche

Officials in Alaska say a Denali National Park and Preserve employee died when he was caught in an avalanche while skiing in the backcountry, not far from the park’s entrance

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Watch Itchy Boots Do Important Maintenance On Her Honda CRF300L Rally

Itchy Boots checks in again on her journey across Africa, after having taken a much-needed break in Dakar, Senegal. It's time for serious bike maintenance.

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Daily Mirror

Heart-stopping moment soldier forced to deploy reserve parachute after mid-air malfunction

Army recruits in the Airborne Division in Alaska, US, were practicing parachuting out of a plane when one of the members had a remarkably close call with death

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Conference Seeks Final Funds for Yemen Safer Oil Tanker Operation

The United Nations on Thursday aims to raise the final $29 million needed to start salvaging 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying vessel moored off war-torn Yemen's coast and avert an environmental disaster. UN officials have been warning for years that the Red Sea and Yemen's coastline was…

The Independent UK

Ruling might cancel Alaska commercial king salmon season

A ruling from a U.S. judge in Seattle could effectively shut down commercial king salmon trolling in Southeast Alaska — a valuable industry that supports some 1,500 fishermen — after a conservation group challenged the harvest as a threat to protected fish and the endangered killer whales that eat them

The Independent UK

Black boxes recovered from Alaska Army helicopter crash site

The U.S. Army says investigators have recovered flight data recorders from two helicopters that collided last week in a remote area of Alaska’s interior, killing three soldiers and injuring another

LiveScience

3,000-year-old 'bear' bone from Alaska isn't what it seems

A bone found in a cave in Alaska and thought to from a bear is actually from a human, casting new light on the genetics of Native American peoples.

The Independent UK

For soldier killed in Alaska crash 'family was everything'

The mother of one of the three soldiers killed last week when two U.S. Army helicopters collided in a remote part of Alaska says her son lifted others up

Daily Mirror

Three airmen killed in helicopter crash near Alaska named as USAF grounds all helicopters

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Robert Eramo, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kyle D. McKenna, and Warrant Officer 1 Stewart Duane Wayment died in the helicopter crash near Alaska

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