A struggling baby moose recently got a helping hand. Last week, pictures of a man in Alaska lifting a moose calf over a highway guardrail were posted on Facebook. According to Andrea N Salty Bock, who posted the pictures on Facebook, the calf and its...
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Alaska National Guard rescues 12 from glacier in high-altitude operation: report
After a four-day delay because of weather issues, an Alaska National Guard crew this week rescued 12 mountaineers who were stranded on a glacier, according to a report. The rescue occurred Tuesday in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, according to the Anchorage Daily News. It was...
Alaska postal worker pays extra postage for couple’s wedding invitations
A postal worker in Alaska saved a couple’s big day when he paid the extra postage required to send their wedding invitations. When they put their wedding invitations in the mail last month, Crystle Lewis and her fiance, from the Wasilla, Alaska area, thought they...
Joe Biden signs bill opening door for Alaska cruises hit by pandemic to resume-World News , Firstpost
Tourism is an important industry in the state, particularly for many southeast Alaska communities heavily reliant on cruise ship passengers. President Joe Biden signed into law legislation that opens a door for resumed cruise ship travel to Alaska after the pandemic last year scrapped sailings....
This is what 70 looks like: Model says resurfacing facials keep her youthful
This is what 70 looks like: Model says resurfacing facials and an anti-pollution cleanser keep her youthful Jan Taylor-Strong, who lives in London with her husband, is a part-time model 70-year-old spends £245 on a resurfacing facial treatment every once in a while She uses a cleanser...
Alaska man survives brown bear mauling
Allen Minish was alone and surveying land for a real estate agent in a wooded, remote part of Alaska, putting some numbers into his GPS unit when he looked up and saw a large brown bear walking about 30 feet away. “I saw him and...
Half of COVID vaccinations in the last two weeks were people of color, says White House COVID Team
The U.S. has hit a significant milestone of progress toward herd immunity against COVID-19: At least 60 percent of of U.S. adults have had at least one dose of vaccines against the virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As of...
Summer travel is returning: Here’s who’s booking and where they’re going
With vaccines rolling out across across the world, travelers want to reclaim something most gave up during the lockdown era: the summer vacation. Travel searches are surging, and bookings aren’t far behind. But it isn’t happening uniformly across continents. Here’s who is booking, where people...
Covid US: Job losses twice as high in Democrat states as Republican ones during pandemic
REVEALED: States that voted for Biden lost jobs at more than double the rate of Republican ones during pandemic Job losses during the pandemic differed significantly by party affinity Democratic states averaged job losses of 6.2%, versus 2.5% in Republican ones Difference might be due...