Earthquakes shook Alaska, created tsunamis. The effects traveled 4,000 miles to New Orleans.

National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Efferson said both quakes caused water levels in Lake Pontchartrain to oscillate in a pattern that mirrors water sloshing back and forth in a bathtub, a phenomenon scientists call a seiche. Efferson said he just …

Pair of Lampeter-Strasburg grads played summer baseball in Alaska after College World Series run

More than 5,000 miles away from home in what most people think of as a frozen and barren landscape, Isaiah Parido and Jason Long played baseball.  The pair of former Lampeter-Strasburg and current Messiah University teammates played for the Chugiak-Eagle …

Trump touts $350 billion deal with South Korea; Begich pushes Alaska LNG

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday what he described as a “full and complete trade deal” between the United States and South Korea, which he said included $350 billion in investments “owned and controlled by the United …

Energy exports key in Trump’s South Korea deal, reviving Alaska LNG talk

Arctic Encounter Summit 25: Summer Season is also Fire Season in Alaska

"We are all reliant on each other. This is not just a fire service problem, it's also NOAA - the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's problem, NASA's problem, and our problem – the people who live here. So we work together in …

Suspect in fatal assault and sexual battery cases arrested in Alaska

VISALIA, Calif. (FOX26) — A suspect linked to a series of sexual battery cases and a fatal assault in Visalia has been arrested in Alaska. The Visalia Police Department began investigating two sexual battery cases in the summer of 2023, which shared a …

Maine wouldn’t pay to extradite embattled contractor arrested in Alaska

A contractor who performed shoddy and unfinished work in homes across Maine was arrested in Alaska last week, but he won’t yet be coming back to answer for the charges. Police in Palmer, Alaska, arrested 37-year-old Jake Brown on July 21 for an active …

Trump administration seeks to revoke limits on oil drilling in parts of Alaska’s North Slope

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Thursday that it will revoke three documents intended to form the basis for limits on oil drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. Those documents, and the limits themselves, were issued in the …

Alaska lawmakers head to Juneau for special session on education, ag plan

A special legislative session in Juneau, called by Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, is set to begin Saturday — with public education expected to take center stage. Lawmakers from across the state are either already back in Juneau or preparing to travel this …

Alaska hosts Arctic Encounter to discuss Arctic’s future and natural risks

Although the Arctic itself may not experience many earthquakes, the region could still be indirectly affected. According to the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the state experiences approximately 50,000 earthquakes annually, …