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Alaska is one of the states affected by a Del Monte Foods green bean recall. The FDA says the vegetables may have been ...

While Alaska State Troopers had been unable to assess the site, spokesperson Austin McDaniel said troopers do not believe the three skiers survived the avalanche. The slide caught the heli-skiers ...

Blizzards, avalanches, 100-mile-per-hour winds, and sub-zero temperatures—all in the midst of rugged mountains, massive ...

[Correction: This story has been updated to reflect that the incident happened on the main Susitna River, not the Little Su as initially reported by Alaska State Troopers. The workers were also ...

UPDATE: On Saturday, the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Center confirmed the three skiers who went missing on Tuesday were caught and killed in an avalanche in the west fork of the Twentymile ...

The bodies are believed to be buried between 40 and 100 feet of snow. Alaska state troopers say they, along with avalanche experts and a technical mountain rescue expert, determined it is not ...

Alaska State Troopers have identified the two men presumed dead after their ATV went through river ice Thursday as 42-year-old Sean Kendall of Anchorage and 32-year-old Skye Rench of Wasilla.

The Alaska State Troopers on Thursday said the men were 39-year-old David Linder, of Florida; 39-year-old Charles Eppard, of Montana; and 38-year-old Jeremy Leif, of Minnesota. Friends said all ...

Alaska State Troopers on Wednesday said they were not able to reach the skiers because of the depth. Additional recovery operations couldn't be conducted that night because of ongoing avalanche ...

GIRDWOOD, Alaska (AP) — Authorities in Alaska said they would attempt Thursday to reach the site of an avalanche that trapped three skiers, who were believed to have died after being buried in snow.