Alaska

The U.S. Army announced Friday that it has grounded aviation units for training after 12 soldiers died within the last month in helicopter crashes in Alaska and Kentucky.

Two U.S. army helicopters collided and crashed Thursday in Alaska while returning from a training flight, killing three soldiers and injuring a fourth.

A moose in Alaska walked into a movie theatre and even grabbed a popcorn snack while inside.

The Slush Cup was held over the weekend at Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Anchorage, Alaska. It is a spring tradition as the ski season comes to an end, where skiers compete for the best plunge into a pool of slush.

Five minutes and a few snacks later, the young moose was safely directed out of the theater.

The aurora borealis took a back seat to another phenomenon in Alaska over the weekend. What was the mystery spiral that had photographers looking up in confusion?

Photographer Todd Salat captured the images looking north toward Delta Junction just before 2am on Saturday.

Looks like some office plants were the main attraction.

A young moose wandered into a hospital in Anchorage, Alaska before losing interest and finding an exit.

The 1-year-old Australian shepherd took an epic trek across 150 miles of frozen Bering Sea ice that included being bitten by a polar bear before being safely returned to his home in Alaska.

Ryan Redington has won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which his grandfather helped co-found.

Supporters say a major oil project President Joe Biden is OK’ing on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope represents an economic lifeline for Indigenous communities while environmentalists say it runs counter to his climate goals.

A second volcano in remote Alaska is experiencing elevated earthquake activity, signaling an increased potential for eruption.

Many communities in the nation’s largest state hit record highs this week, from Kodiak to Deadhorse

The Alaska House of Representatives censured Republican Rep. David Eastman after he argued fatal child abuse is a financial “benefit to society.”

Tracy Hansen of Anchorage, Alaska, was walking her dog when a moose charged at her and kicked her in the head.

A woman in Alaska was walking her dog when a moose charged at her from behind and kicked her in the head.

Officials said the U.S. believes it collected all of that balloon’s debris off the ocean floor, which included key equipment from the payload that could reveal what information it was able to monitor and collect.

Pentagon Spokesperson Brigadier General Patrick S. Ryder says the high-altitude object that was shot down off the coast of Alaska posed a “reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight.”

NSC Coordinator John Kirby says the U.S. shot down a “high-altitude object” flying Alaska airspace on Friday. Kirby said the object was smaller than the spy balloon shot down last week.