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In this photo provided by the Alaska Army National Guard, displaced people are evacuated from Kwigillingok, Alaska, on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, following Typhoon Halong that struck Alaska's west coast. (Joseph Moon/Alaska National Guard via AP)

What to know about the recovery efforts in Alaska following ex-Typhoon Halong

October 20, 2025

The mass evacuation by military aircraft of hundreds of residents from Alaska villages ravaged by the remnants of Typhoon Halong is complete. Officials and local leaders are turning attention to trying to stabilize damaged infrastructure and housing where they can before the winter freeze sets in. The remnants of Halong battered parts of western Alaska, hitting especially hard the villages Kipnuk and Kwigillingok. The Alaska Federation of Natives at its recent gathering passed a resolution urging support of expansive, urgent and ongoing help for the region.

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A sign advertising the cashing of Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend, or PFD, checks hangs outside a business in Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Alaskans are receiving $1,000 checks. Here’s why

September 26, 2025

Alaska plans to start distributing to residents the annual dividend payment derived from the state’s $83 billion oil wealth fund. This year’s payout is $1,000 per person. It’s one of the smallest Alaska Permanent Fund dividends in the last 20 years. It comes as lawmakers must balance the check size against other programs and needs that also compete for state funding. Lawmakers within the last decade abandoned as unaffordable a longstanding dividend calculation in favor of negotiating a sum during the budget-writing process. Had the old formula tied to the fund’s market performance been followed, this year’s check would have been around $3,800 a person.

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FILE - Eugene "Buzzy" Peltola Jr. holds the Bible during a ceremonial swearing-in for his wife, Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

NTSB: Heavy plane, drag from antlers contributed to crash that killed ex-Rep Mary Peltola’s husband

July 22, 2025

Federal investigators say a small plane that crashed in 2023, killing the husband of former Alaska U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, was overweight for takeoff and impacted by winds. The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday released its final report on the crash that killed Eugene Peltola Jr. It listed among its probable cause findings factors including decisions by Peltola to fly the plane above its maximum takeoff weight and place a set of moose antlers on the right wing strut, along with turbulent flight conditions. He died almost exactly one year after Democrat Mary Peltola was sworn in as Alaska’s only U.S. House member — and first Alaska Native member of Congress. She lost reelection last year.

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A strong earthquake Wednesday off the Alaska coast triggered a tsunami warning. (AP Graphic)

Alaska is the most earthquake-prone state. Here is why Wednesday’s earthquake was notable

July 17, 2025

Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last five years. Officials say they have received no reports of injuries or major damage from the earthquake, which triggered a tsunami warning and prompted communities along a 700-mile stretch of Alaska’s southern coast to urge people to higher ground. Officials say the area is prone to earthquakes, but the activity in recent years has caught scientists’ attention. Experts say residents should continue to heed tsunami warnings in response to future quakes.

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