http://www.mail.com/locations/4178-anchorage.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/4178-anchorage.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/2094400-alaska-volcano-shoots-ash-15000-feet-air.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the air Friday in an ongoing eruption that is visible for miles when the weather allows. An air traffic controller in the region said small planes have flown around the plumes from Pavlof Volcano. Ash would have to rise tens of thousands of feet to threaten... Sat, 18 May 2013 01:12:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2094400-alaska-volcano-shoots-ash-15000-feet-air.html 2013-05-18T01:12:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092436-alaska-man-runs-frozen-lake-to-avoid-jail.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant. Police spokeswoman Dani Myren says officers were sufficiently concerned about the thickness of the ice covering Cheney lake that none of them wanted to venture onto it... Fri, 17 May 2013 05:26:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092436-alaska-man-runs-frozen-lake-to-avoid-jail.html 2013-05-17T05:26:30Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092354-alaska-volcano-continues-to-erupt-with-lava-ash.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A remote Alaska volcano continues to erupt, spewing lava and ash clouds. The Alaska Volcano Observatory said Thursday a continuous cloud of ash, steam and gas from Pavlof Volcano has been seen 20,000 feet above sea level. The cloud was moving to the southeast Thursday. John Power, the U.S. Geological Survey scientist in charge at ... Fri, 17 May 2013 03:26:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092354-alaska-volcano-continues-to-erupt-with-lava-ash.html 2013-05-17T03:26:38Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2083752-budget-cuts-pare-real-time-monitoring-volcanoes.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Scientists monitoring Alaska's volcanoes have been forced to shut down stations that provide real-time tracking of eruptions and forgo repairs of seismic equipment amid ongoing federal budget cuts — moves that could mean delays in getting vital information to airline pilots and emergency planners. The Alaska Volcano Observatory ca... Tue, 14 May 2013 16:28:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2083752-budget-cuts-pare-real-time-monitoring-volcanoes.html 2013-05-14T16:28:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2082854-polar-bear-cub-prepares-york.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An orphaned polar bear cub that arrived at the Alaska Zoo two months ago will soon depart for a new adventure: meeting another young cub at the Buffalo Zoo. Kali (KUL'-ee) made his final Alaska zoo appearance Monday. He will be flown by UPS from Anchorage to the company hub in Louisville, Ky., and then New York, with arrival in Bu... Tue, 14 May 2013 02:42:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2082854-polar-bear-cub-prepares-york.html 2013-05-14T02:42:41Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2068892-critter-cams-provide-peek-lives-bears.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Biologists at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are getting a peek into what city bears do all day. Six bears were equipped with rugged video cameras attached to collars around their necks, which are allowing biologists to get a good idea of how the four black and two brown bears spent their time last summer. Tue, 07 May 2013 17:08:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2068892-critter-cams-provide-peek-lives-bears.html 2013-05-07T17:08:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2029666-tale-kind-boston-blasts-viral.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Massachusetts woman's Facebook post about the kindness of an Alaska stranger following the Boston Marathon explosions has gone viral. Runner Laura Wellington was nearing the end of the 26-mile race Monday when the two blasts went off near the finish line, where she was planning to meet her family. Police diverted the 25-year-old... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:59:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2029666-tale-kind-boston-blasts-viral.html 2013-04-19T01:59:49Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2019932-alaska-author-wants-to-build-writers-retreat.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A best-selling mystery writer from Alaska wants to establish a residency retreat for female writers, hoping to offer women the same help she received more than two decades ago. "It was Dana Stabenow 25 years ago, that's who I want here," said Stabenow, the author of 29 novels, including her best-known works, the Kate Shugak myster... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:17:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2019932-alaska-author-wants-to-build-writers-retreat.html 2013-04-15T08:17:34Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1989918-3-feared-dead-alaska-troopers-copter-crashes.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska State Trooper helicopter carrying a trooper, a pilot for the agency and a rescued snowmobiler crashed in the south-central part of the state, leaving all three aboard feared dead, a spokeswoman said Sunday night. Trooper spokeswoman Megan Peters said the aircraft went down Saturday night, the wreckage spotted Sunday, and... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:42:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1989918-3-feared-dead-alaska-troopers-copter-crashes.html 2013-04-01T07:42:09Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1955362-iditarod-won-alaska-town-honors-finisher.html NOME, Alaska (AP) — The winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has come under the burled arch in this western Alaska outpost, but that's just the beginning for this community, where every musher to finish the race gets a hero's welcome. The town's sirens blare when each of the more than four dozen competitors is about a mile out, and the mushers are a... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:27:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1955362-iditarod-won-alaska-town-honors-finisher.html 2013-03-14T21:27:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1953340-mushing-limited-age-you-4-legs.html NOME, Alaska (AP) — Last year, the youngest musher ever to win Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race said his 25-year-old stamina gave him the advantage to get his dogs to the finish line first. Just one year later, Dallas Seavey's own father proved youth doesn't always win out, using careful strategy and an all-out sprint to the finish line to become the... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:56:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1953340-mushing-limited-age-you-4-legs.html 2013-03-14T07:56:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1943542-woman-who-finished-2nd-2012-takes-iditarod-lead.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska woman who finished second in last year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race grabbed the lead in the 1,000-mile race Saturday evening. Aliy Zirkle of Two Rivers was the first musher out of the checkpoint at Kaltag, which is about 346 miles from the finish. The front-runners are expected to reach the finish line in the old gold ... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:19:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1943542-woman-who-finished-2nd-2012-takes-iditarod-lead.html 2013-03-10T05:19:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1938850-musher-1st-will-fancy-dinner-checkpoint.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After days of heating up meals in boiling water used to make gravy for the dogs and snacking on energy bars or chunks of meat, the first musher to reach the village of Anvik along the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is in for a treat. The Millennium Alaskan Hotel Anchorage will fly its chef 350 miles to this remote Alaska village of ... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:00:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1938850-musher-1st-will-fancy-dinner-checkpoint.html 2013-03-08T08:00:44Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1935804-love-sport-money-draws-iditarod-mushers.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — No one who races sled dogs is going to get filthy rich any time soon, even if they win Alaska's 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The prize for winning the sport's premier race is only $50,400 and a new 2013 Dodge Ram pickup truck. That doesn't even cover the annual dog food bill for many competitive mushers, who keep dozen... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:51:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1935804-love-sport-money-draws-iditarod-mushers.html 2013-03-07T00:51:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1934308-3-bodies-wreckage-iditarod-route.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The bodies of two adults and a 10-year-old girl were found in the wreckage of a small airplane that crashed Monday near the route of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Pilot Ted Smith, 59, Carolyn Sorvoja, 48, and Rosemarie Sorvoja, 10, died in the crash near Rainy Pass. All were from Eagle River, a community on Anchorage's north s... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 01:03:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1934308-3-bodies-wreckage-iditarod-route.html 2013-03-06T01:03:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1932840-mushers-welcome-rest-alaska-wilderness-villages.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Imagine standing on a sled behind a team of 16 dogs, traveling mile after desolate mile in the Alaska wilderness without any sign of other human life. All of a sudden, lights shine off in the distance, the first village to come into view in a very long time. Whether it's a single cabin or a booming village of several hundred peopl... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:22:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1932840-mushers-welcome-rest-alaska-wilderness-villages.html 2013-03-05T23:22:45Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1928958-sleds-41st-iditarod-race-alaska.html WILLOW, Alaska (AP) — Dogs aching to run bolted out of the chute Sunday to launch the 41st running of Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Now 65 teams will be making their way through punishing wilderness toward the finish line in Nome on Alaska's western coast 1,000 miles away. The Iditarod kicked off Saturday with an 11-mile jaunt through Anchorage, ... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:48:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1928958-sleds-41st-iditarod-race-alaska.html 2013-03-04T03:48:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1927716-iditarod-kicks-with-festive-ceremonial-start.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Mushers and their dogs took a leisurely jaunt through Anchorage on Saturday in the ceremonial start of Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The 1,000-mile race kicked off in a festive mood as 66 teams posed with fans and sailed their sleds 11 miles on streets covered with trucked-in snow. Each sled carried an Iditarider, a fan w... Sun, 03 Mar 2013 01:57:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1927716-iditarod-kicks-with-festive-ceremonial-start.html 2013-03-03T01:57:49Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1925382-mushers-dogs-up-alaskas-iditarod-race.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The world's most famous sled dog race kicks off Saturday with an 11-mile-long trot through Alaska's largest city. Think of the short jaunt in Anchorage as the festival part of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. This is the time relaxed mushers will smile and pose for photos, waving at crowds as they leisurely sail along streets cov... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:17:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1925382-mushers-dogs-up-alaskas-iditarod-race.html 2013-03-01T20:17:31Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1908588-alaska-senator-pushes-wildlife-refuge-road.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Thin barrier islands five miles off the tip of the Alaska Peninsula shelter Izembek Lagoon from the Bering Sea, but it's what's beneath the surface that makes the lagoon special and part of a brewing, cross-continent fight. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is pushing for a road between King Cove, population 938, where flying is often impossibl... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:17:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1908588-alaska-senator-pushes-wildlife-refuge-road.html 2013-02-22T18:17:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1896072-man-arrested-alaska-coast-guard-base-deaths.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man was arrested Friday in last year's shooting deaths at a Coast Guard communications station on Kodiak Island that left two employees dead, the U.S. attorney said. James Michael Wells of Kodiak is accused in a federal murder complaint of killing Petty Officer 1st Class James Hopkins and retired Chief Boatswain's Mate R... Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:14:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1896072-man-arrested-alaska-coast-guard-base-deaths.html 2013-02-16T06:14:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1872950-alaska-killers-writings-include-disturbing-poetry.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Handwritten notes found under Alaska serial killer Israel Keyes' body after he killed himself contained poetry about superficiality and consumerism in American society, along with disturbing ramblings about an unnamed victim under his control. But the writings contained no specific details about his crimes and no information usefu... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1872950-alaska-killers-writings-include-disturbing-poetry.html 2013-02-06T22:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1848028-trying-to-unlock-secrets-dead-serial-killer.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The suspect, hands and feet shackled, fidgeted in his chair, chuckling at times as he confessed to a brutal killing. Israel Keyes showed no remorse as he described in merciless detail how he'd abducted and strangled an 18-year-old woman, then demanded ransom, pretending she was alive. As the two prosecutors questioned him, they we... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1848028-trying-to-unlock-secrets-dead-serial-killer.html 2013-01-26T16:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1797080-congress-members-seek-investigation-shell-barge.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Members of Congress are calling for an investigation of Royal Dutch Shell PLC's Arctic offshore drilling operations as salvagers develop plans to move a company drill ship off rocks near an Alaska island, where it ran aground in a fierce year end storm. Shell incident commander Sean Churchfield said Thursday that the first salvage... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1797080-congress-members-seek-investigation-shell-barge.html 2013-01-04T11:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1794198-fuel-sheen-sign-that-ship-hull-breached.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Crews aboard two aircraft flew over an oil drilling ship Tuesday that went aground in a severe Alaska storm and saw no sign that the vessel was leaking fuel or that its hull had been breached. The Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig used this summer in the Arctic was aground off a small island near Kodiak Island, where the ship, the Ku... Wed, 02 Jan 2013 04:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1794198-fuel-sheen-sign-that-ship-hull-breached.html 2013-01-02T04:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1752598-fbi-alaska-man-killed-people-fun.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Confessed serial killer Israel Keyes admitted he enjoyed killing people, but couldn't or wouldn't give investigators a more meaningful answer when quizzed why he did it. "There were just times, a couple of times, where we would try to get a why," said Anchorage Police officer Jeff Bell, who helped interrogate Keyes for hours. "He ... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 08:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1752598-fbi-alaska-man-killed-people-fun.html 2012-12-08T08:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1752032-ap-newsbreak-fbi-alaska-man-killed-fun.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Investigators who spent hours interviewing an Alaska serial killer say he may have murdered close to a dozen people, and that he killed for pleasure and was only conflicted about how his notoriety would affect his loved ones. Israel Keyes confessed to killing eight people across the country before he committed suicide last weekend... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1752032-ap-newsbreak-fbi-alaska-man-killed-fun.html 2012-12-08T00:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1744538-troopers-alaska-killer-cut-wrist-strangled.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man who confessed to killing an Alaska barista and multiple other people across the country died in his jail cell after slashing one of his wrists and using bedding material to strangle himself, Alaska State Troopers said Wednesday. The state medical examiner hasn't determined which of the injuries was the primary cause of Israe... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1744538-troopers-alaska-killer-cut-wrist-strangled.html 2012-12-06T00:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1743734-fbi-alaska-barista-assaulted-dismembered.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man who died in an apparent suicide this week in an Alaska jail after confessing to a string of killings across the country had sexually assaulted and strangled an Anchorage barista the day after he abducted her, then left her body in a shed while he went on a two-week cruise, the FBI said Tuesday. In the most detailed account y... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 02:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1743734-fbi-alaska-barista-assaulted-dismembered.html 2012-12-05T02:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1739044-alaska-suspect-linked-to-vermont-killing-5.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Israel Keyes, in jail for the killing of an Alaska barista, gradually began confessing to investigators that he had killed others: a couple in Vermont, four people in Washington state, someone in New York. But he was slow to come forward with details, warning investigators he would stop talking if his name was released publicly. "... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1739044-alaska-suspect-linked-to-vermont-killing-5.html 2012-12-04T01:26:00Z