Researchers looking at water level data from Typhoon Merbok in 2022 have shed new light on why the impacts of powerful storms vary widely across Western Alaska.

The American Geophysical Union is fundraising for the climate report's long-term publication.

Captain Dave Furber of Anchorage was 73 years old, and first officer Sergei Zelenkov II of Chugiak was 34 years old when the Cessna 441 Conquest they were flying crashed on the remote cape on the Bering Sea coast, killing all eight on board.

Clint Johnson investigated over a thousand accidents over the course of his career.

"This marks a historic achievement," said Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium CEO Natasha Singh.

Flags were flown at half-staff across the state on Sept. 2 to honor the former representative who passed away in August at the age of 76.

The surplus funding is part of an estimated nearly $600 million in oil revenue this fiscal year.

Top statewide public defender Terrence Haas apparently resigned last week amid allegations he failed to act impartially due to personal grievances in a 2022 case he oversaw as a Bethel Superior Court judge. But as of Sept. 2, Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s office still hadn’t confirmed that Haas had resigned.