Offstream
news

Kodiak, Alaska sets the highest temperature ever recorded in December in the state of Alaska, reaching 19.4 C. The Aleutian Islands and island communities in West Alaska have seen abnormally high temperatures since mid-December, including eight straight days of over 10 C in Unalaska, including 13.3 C on Christmas Day, the warmest Christmas temperature on record for the state. Temperature anomalies for late December reach 10-15 C-change in some areas. The state also lately experiences unusually wet spells of weather.
2021-12-26

Two United States F-22 fighters intercept a pair of Russian Tu-95 bombers in international airspace near Alaska.
2020-10-20

Two people are attacked and killed by black bears, in separate incidents in Alaska, following a rise in bear attacks in that state.
2017-06-19

An eruption on Bogoslof Island of the Aleutian Islands disrupts air transportation routes, distributing tephra over populated areas, including Kodiak Island, 660 mi away from the volcano.
2017-01-19

A volcanic eruption continues on Bogoslof Island near Unalaska, in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. The eruption has impacted air transportation routes.
2016-12-30

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes southwestern Alaska, leaving 10,000 in the Anchorage area without power and forcing the evacuation of several homes on the Kenai Peninsula. The National Weather Service reported that there was no tsunami following the earthquake.
2016-01-24

A floatplane crashes during takeoff near Iliamna in southwest Alaska, killing three people and injuring the other seven on board.
2015-09-15

In the U.S., Alaska's Cleveland Volcano experiences a low-level eruption.
2013-05-4

A United States Air Force Boeing C-17 crashes at the Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska. [http:--www.thenewstribune.com-2010-07-28-1281239-cargo-plane-reported-down-on-elmendorf.html ("The News Tribune")]date=August 2019
2010-07-28

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is now the worst oil spill in U.S. history, surpassing the worst previous spill, the Exxon Valdez wreck on the Alaska coast in 1989, according to scientists' latest estimates.
2010-05-27