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Powerful Quake Jolts Alaska Towns, Produces Small Tsunami
Powerful Quake Jolts Alaska Towns, Produces Small Tsunami
Powerful Quake Jolts Alaska Towns, Produces Small Tsunami
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A powerful earthquake off Alaska's southern coast has jolted some coastal communities and forced some residents to briefly scramble for higher ground over fears of a tsunami. There were no immediate reports of damage late Tuesday in the sparsely populated area of the state...
Rent a North Pole Cabin
Rent a North Pole Cabin
Rent a North Pole Cabin
Immerse yourself in some ice, snow, and the single digits for awhile. Airbnb has some cabins for rent, and they'll cost you between $129 and $300 per night.
Case Involving an Alaska Serial Killer Has Ties to East Texas
Case Involving an Alaska Serial Killer Has Ties to East Texas
Case Involving an Alaska Serial Killer Has Ties to East Texas
It's a story that has made national news. Earlier this week, accused serial killer Israel Keyes was found dead in his jail cell in Alaska after an apparent suicide. He's accused of abducting, assualting, killing, and dismembering the body of an 18-year old barista who was kidnapped from a coffee stand last February. In March, Keyes was arrested at the parking lot of a Cotton Patch Cafe in Lufkin a
Sock-Flushing Epidemic Hits University of Alaska
Sock-Flushing Epidemic Hits University of Alaska
Sock-Flushing Epidemic Hits University of Alaska
Students at the University of Alaska have taken to a weird -- and costly -- ritual: flushing socks down the toilet. Campus officials are perplexed by the hundreds of socks that have made their way into the UAF Fine Arts Complex sewer system - not to mention annoyed at the $15,000 worth of damage they've caused.
‘Rock Vomit’ Causing Problems in Alaska [VIDEOS]
‘Rock Vomit’ Causing Problems in Alaska [VIDEOS]
‘Rock Vomit’ Causing Problems in Alaska [VIDEOS]
By the looks of it, you'd think a band of Alaskan creatures threw a rockin' party and had a bit too much to drink. That's because an invasive species, nicknamed "rock vomit," has infiltrated the state, covering plants, rocks, seashells, boats and any other hard surface with a substance eerily similar to puke.