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Alaska's Good Friday earthquake is still Earth's second most powerful ever
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring...
4.6 earthquake shakes Anchorage area
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska· 10 months agoJul. 4—A 4.6 magnitude earthquake shook the Anchorage area early Monday. The earthquake was centered near Eagle River, about 12 miles northeast of Anchorage, with a depth of 17.5 miles, according ...
New research shows tsunami poses 'rare but real' threat to Anchorage
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAug. 16—Upending previous understanding of Anchorage's tsunami vulnerability, researchers said Wednesday that a "rare but real risk" exists that a confluence of conditions could lead an earthquake-produced ...
In seismically active Alaska, plans for statewide residential building codes are on shaky ground
Alaska Beacon via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoSixty years after North America’s most powerful earthquake on record ripped through Alaska and 5 ½...
Anchorage School District shutting down Ursa Major Elementary on JBER due to seismic concerns
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 26—Anchorage School District officials say students and staff originally set to start school at Ursa Major Elementary School this fall will begin elsewhere, after a report from an engineering ...
Scientists may have accidentally found mystery magma reservoir in volcanoless region of Alaska
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAutumn colors paint the landscape below the mighty Mount McKinley (Denali). Scientists may have...
Company behind giant oil project will be main tenant in renovated downtown Anchorage building
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoOct. 11—Representatives with the oil and gas company Santos said Wednesday that it will move its Alaska headquarters to downtown Anchorage from Midtown next year. Santos will occupy most of ...
Fitch downgrades Anchorage bond rating, though it calls city's fiscal outlook 'stable'
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNov. 26—february, city hall, downtown anchorage, winter A major credit rating agency has lowered Anchorage's grade for bonded debt, citing the city's diminished financial stature after spending ...
Amid a statewide labor shortage, Alaska builders are delaying projects and relying on Outside...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoAug. 8—The custom homes that Bill Taylor builds in Anchorage can now take a full year to complete, twice as long as they once did, because workers are hard to find amid a labor shortage that's ...
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson appoints chief fiscal officer
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSep. 19—Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson said Tuesday that he's appointing Alden Thern to the city's chief fiscal officer position permanently. Thern has been working as CFO in a temporary capacity ...
