Rescuers find stranded Alaska man after he used iPhone satellite feature

The man was traveling on a snow machine from Noorvik to Kotzebue when he became stranded.

• Dec 2, 2022

Sarah Palin's future uncertain after losing House race

Palin lost two elections​ for the House seat Republican Don Young held for 49 years before his death in March​.

• Nov 25, 2022

Murkowski and Peltola win reelection in Alaska

Murkowski was the only Republican who was up for reelection who had voted to convict former President Donald Trump in his second Senate impeachment trial.

• Nov 23, 2022

An Alaska home got a surprise visitor — a moose in the basement

Firefighters in Alaska got an unusual request for assistance last weekend from the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, but it wasn't your mundane cat-stuck-in-a-tree situation.

• Nov 23, 2022

Climate change sparks Alaska farm boom

The boreal forest is one of the largest trappers of carbon dioxide in the world. But as Alaska warms, once frozen land is now up for grabs. Jonathan Vigliotti takes a look at the farming boom in Alaska and the pushback it's receiving.

• Nov 17, 2022
• 02:33

Alaska gambles on turning boreal forest into farmland

As the state warms twice as fast as the rest of the U.S., once frozen land is now thawed out and up for grabs.

• Nov 17, 2022

Recovering service members lost in an Alaskan glacier

For the past decade a multi-disciplinary team based at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage has been engaged in what is perhaps the longest-running recovery effort in the history of the U.S. Air Force: locating 52 servicemen lost when their C-124 Globemaster crashed on a glacier in Alaska, their remains and personal effects hidden in the ice since 1952. Correspondent Lee Cowan talks with relatives who hope summer periods of melting ice will reveal secrets long buried.

• Nov 13, 2022
• 07:35

In the 5 states without lotteries, a case of Powerball fever

Giant lottery jackpot has people flooding across state lines to buy tickets for the $1.5 billion drawing.

• Nov 4, 2022

Lisa Murkowski believes there is a path to codifying abortion protections

The Republican senator said she is "not in the camp that says it cannot be done."

• Nov 3, 2022

Sen. Lisa Murkowski on GOP, abortion rights

Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is running for reelection against Trump-backed challenger Kelly Tshibaka. Murkowski is one of seven GOP senators who voted to convict former President Trump during his second impeachment trial. She joins CBS News' John Dickerson to discuss the divisions within the Republican Party, and the search for a "path forward" on abortion rights.

• Nov 3, 2022
• 09:31

Bird appears to set record with 8,435-mile flight from Alaska to Australia

The bird was tagged with a tracking GPS chip and tiny solar panel that enabled a research team to follow its first annual migration across the Pacific Ocean.

• Oct 28, 2022

Bipartisanship in focus in debate for Alaska's only House seat

Former Gov. Sarah Palin, Democratic incumbent Mary Peltola and two others met in the only debate in a race that will feature ranked-choice voting.

• Oct 27, 2022

Alaska snow crab harvest canceled for first time

An estimated 1 billion crabs have mysteriously vanished from Alaskan waters in just two years. Alaskan officials are investigating their disappearance, citing climate change or disease as possibilites. Jonathan Vigliotti takes a look.

• Oct 13, 2022
• 02:34

Expert identifies "key culprit" in mass die-off of Alaska snow crabs

A marine biologist with the Alaska Fisheries Science Center says the shocking numbers seen today are the result of heatwaves in 2018 and 2019.

• Oct 20, 2022

U.S. fighter jets intercept two Russian bombers near Alaska

The Tu-95 bombers were intercepted after "entering and operating within the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone," NORAD said in a statement​.

• Oct 18, 2022

Ben Stevens, former Alaska Senate president, dies while hiking

Ben Stevens was a son of former Sen. Ted Stevens, who died in a plane crash in 2010.

• Oct 17, 2022

Alaska snow crab season canceled after an estimated 1 billion crabs disappear

An estimated 1 billion crabs have mysteriously disappeared from Alaskan waters in two years, officials said.

• Oct 13, 2022

Fat Bear Week champion crowned after ballot-stuffing scandal

Bear 747 — whose enormous mass and moniker led to comparisons with Boeing's jumbo plane — emerged victorious.

• Oct 12, 2022

2 Russians seek asylum after reaching remote Alaskan island in boat

Alaska's senators said the Russians landed at a beach near Gambell, an isolated community of about 600 people on St. Lawrence Island.

• Oct 6, 2022

Man gets 75 years for 1993 murder of woman found in dorm bathtub

Janitors found Sophie Sergie's body in a bathtub in the shower room on the afternoon of April 26, 1993.

• Sep 27, 2022

U.S. spots Chinese guided missile cruiser, Russian naval ships off Alaska

The 418-foot U.S. patrol boat observed as the ships broke formation and dispersed.

• Sep 27, 2022

Humpbacks give boaters show of a lifetime

A fishing trip turned into an amazing whale encounter in Alaska as a stunning breach stopped one family in their tracks before some spectacular feeding activity had them gasping in astonishment.

• Sep 26, 2022
• 00:45

9-year-old injured in Alaska bear attack; family member kills bear

An adult who was with the boy shot and killed the bear.

• Sep 21, 2022

Alaskans receive over $3,000 in state oil-wealth payment checks

The $1.6 billion in direct deposits "will provide much needed relief as we head into winter," Governor Mike Dunleavy said.

• Sep 21, 2022

Massive storm batters Alaska's west coast with flooding and high winds

Officials had warned some places could see their worst flooding in 50 years, and that the high waters could take up to 14 hours to recede.

• Sep 18, 2022

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