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'It's a bird! It's a plane!' In Alaska, it's both, with a pilot tossing turkeys to rural homes
By MARK THIESSEN AND BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press
Wed,11/27/24-11:08PM , 178 Reads
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — In the remotest reaches of Alaska, there’s no relying on DoorDash to have Thanksgiving dinner — or any dinner — delivered.
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A moose crosses a residential street in the snow, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Turnagain, Alaska. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

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It's so cold and snowy in Alaska that fuel oil is thickening and roofs are collapsing
By MARK THIESSEN AND BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press
Thu,02/01/24-11:51PM , 123 Reads
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Much of Alaska has plunged into a deep freeze, with temperatures well below zero. Anchorage has seen some of its coldest temperatures in years and the mayor opened warming facilities for people who are homeless or don't have reliable heating.
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AP correspondent Julie Walker reports on Alaska Hunger Emergency

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'People are suffering': Food stamp woes worsen Alaska hunger
By MARK THIESSEN AND BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press
Sun,04/23/23-8:34AM , 161 Reads
EAGLE RIVER, Alaska (AP) — Thousands of Alaskans who depend on government assistance have waited months for food stamp benefits, exacerbating a long-standing hunger crisis worsened by the pandemic, inflation and the remnants of a typhoon that wiped out stockpiles of fish and fishing equipment.
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The children's book "You Are Home With Me," illustrated by Mitchell Thomas Watley, is shown at a bookstore in Portland, Ore. in this April 5, 2023 photo. Publisher Sasquatch books, owned by Penguin Random House, said Wednesday, April 5, 2023, it has ended its publishing relationship with Watley after he was arrested on allegations of leaving violent, transphobic notes in stores around Juneau, Alaska. Watley told police he was motivated by fear following a deadly school shooting in Nashville that sparked online backlash about the shooter's gender identity, court records show. (AP Photo/Claire Rush)

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Publisher drops children's illustrator for anti-trans notes
By MARK THIESSEN AND BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press
Wed,04/05/23-4:38PM , 153 Reads
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A children's book illustrator from Alaska known for drawing mother-baby animal pairs like sea otters and wolves was dropped by his publisher this week after authorities allege he posted transphobic notes threatening children.
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