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One person is killed and three others are injured in a landslide in Ketchikan, Alaska, United States.
2024-08-26

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

Alaska governor Mike Dunleavy tests positive for COVID-19 following a brief period of isolation after suspected exposure.
2021-02-24

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

Ketchikan, in Southeast Alaska, shelters in place after six people test positive for COVID-19 in the town of 8,000 residents.
2020-03-21

Alaska confirms its first presumptive case of COVID-19, with the patient identified as a foreign national residing in Anchorage.
2020-03-12

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, west of the Alaskan Aleutian Island of Attu, in the North Pacific Ocean. No immediate reports of casualties or damage; a tsunami warning was cancelled.
2017-07-18

North Korea test-launches what is presumed to be its first intercontinental ballistic missile 933 kilometers into the Sea of Japan within Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone. An American expert theorizes the ICBM, which reached an altitude of 2,802 km, could potentially reach the U.S. state of Alaska.
2017-07-4

The United States Federal Government recognizes same-sex marriage in Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, North Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming, bringing the total number of states with recognition of gay marriage to 32.
2014-10-25

The Russian tanker "Renda", accompanied by the US Coast Guard icebreaker Healy, prepares to deliver fuel to Nome, Alaska. A fall storm had blocked an earlier fuel delivery, leaving the city facing fuel shortages.
2012-01-15