Aleutian Islands

Remote Alaskan Volcano Erupts

Reuters | Posted 05.09.2012

By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 8 (Reuters) - A remote Alaska volcano that has been restless since last summer belched ash in...

Restless Alaska Volcano Rumbles To Life, At Risk Of Sudden Explosion

Reuters | Posted 04.20.2012

By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska Feb 19 (Reuters) - A volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands has rumbled to life and is at risk of a s...

Unusual Storm Moving Toward Coastal Alaska

AP | MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 01.08.2012

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Western Alaska residents braced Tuesday for an unusual Bering Sea storm that packed hurricane-force winds and 35-foot waves....

Volcano On Alaska's Aleutian Islands Oozes Lava

AP | DAN JOLING | Posted 11.20.2011

By DAN JOLING, Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A volcano in Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands has begun oozing lava, a signal that the mounta...

Earthquake Hits South Of Alaska

AP | Posted 11.02.2011

By Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A 6.8-magnitude earthquake in the Pacific Ocean prompted a brief tsunami warning early Friday morning for ...

Tiny Towns Spend Big Bucks On Lobbyists

OpenSecrets.org | Zachary Newkirk | Posted 07.04.2011

From OpenSecrets Blog: Eighteen months ago, the tiny Alaskan city of Galena faced its demise. The municipal government couldn't make payroll. And r...

Alaska Killer Whales Ambushing Gray Whales in Aleutians

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 05.25.2011

AlaskaDispatch.com

It was early May, a time when the epic gray whale migration to the Arctic had reached the Unimak Pass entrance to the Bering Sea. A group of killer wh...

Rats Cleared From Alaska's Rat Island

McClatchy | Erika Bolstad | Posted 05.25.2011

After two centuries of an epic infestation, Alaska's Rat Island finally may merit a name change. The island, part of a national wildlife refuge in the...