Alaska has opened its COVID-19 vaccinations to anyone living and working in its state who is 16-years-old and older. They became the first state to do so in the United States on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. The Governor of Alaska, Mike Dunleavy, calls the move a “game-changer.” He then dropped the age requirements for his […]
A Boeing 737-700 Alaska airlines jetliner hit a brown bear while landing Saturday evening at Yakutat Airport, which caused damage to the plane, and the animal was killed on Nov. 16, 2020. The runway was cleared by airport crew members 10 minutes before the flight was expected to land. The crew followed normal runway checks […]
On May 13, 2019, two planes carrying Princess Cruise passengers collided over a small town in Alaska from unknown circumstances. Five people have since been confirmed dead, ten have been taken to a Ketchikan hospital, and one person has been unaccounted for. One plane carried 11 people, while the other carried five. The smaller plane […]
