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Arctic air and gusty winds keep Alaska cold

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3 months ago

March 1, 2024

Arctic air and gusty winds keep Alaska cold

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Clear and cold, with winter winds added in will be the weather across much of mainland Alaska as the workweek ends and the weekend begins. And that will make for a very cold start to March!

An Arctic airmass has been moving south across the state over the last several days. Below-zero temperatures returned with the frigid airmass, with the coldest temperatures hitting the Interior. In parts of the Alaska Range, a wind chill advisory is in effect for wind chills of 50 to 60 below zero.

Wind chills will be very low in the highway area of Thompson Pass, which is under travel restrictions. The pass was closed to traffic at 6 p.m. Thursday. Updates from the Alaska Department of Transportation are expected at 8 a.m. Friday.

Winds were strong over Southcentral and will remain strong through the end of the week. Seward saw a gust up to 60 mph, Palmer at 53, and in Seldovia, a gust of 49 mph.

A new storm that will impact the state early next week is already over western Aleutians.

Bundle up, winter still has some attitude!

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Very strong mag. 6.0 earthquake – North Pacific Ocean, 23 mi southeast of Amukta Island, Aleutians West, Alaska, United States, on Sunday, May 19, 2024, at 12:35 am (GMT -9) –

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May 19, 2024

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Detailed info, map, data, reports, updates about this earthquake: Very strong mag. 6.0 earthquake – North Pacific Ocean, 23 mi southeast of Amukta Island, Aleutians West, Alaska, United States, on Sunday, May 19, 2024, at 12:35 am (GMT -9) –

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2 bodies found in plane submerged upside down in Alaska lake

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May 19, 2024

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2 bodies found in plane submerged upside down in Alaska lake

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The bodies of two men have been recovered from a plane that was found face down in a lake, Alaska State Troopers said Saturday.

Troopers were notified late Friday of the upside-down aircraft in Six Mile Lake near the Athabascan community of Nondalton, located about 200 miles (322 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage.

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The bodies of Dave Hedgers, 58, and Aaron Fryer, 45, were found by a dive team dead inside the aircraft, troopers said in an online post. No hometowns were provided.

The bodies will be sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Anchorage.

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The National Transportation Safety Board said on the social media platform X that it would investigate the crash of a Taylorcraft BC-12 aircraft near Nondalton.

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BOGO marketing opportunity available on Alaska's No. 1 podcast — The Must Read Alaska Show

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May 18, 2024

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BOGO marketing opportunity available on Alaska's No. 1 podcast — The Must Read Alaska Show

The Must Read Alaska Show podcast is the top-rated podcast in Alaska, according to Feedspot, one of the most-relied-on rating services.

Host John Quick has reached thousands of Alaskans with more than 400 podcast episodes, and has guests ranging from presidents of countries to Alaska entrepreneurs.

In one recent episode, Quick interviews the man who was the communications director for the Trump campaign in 2020: Tim Murtaugh, author of a new book, “Swing Hard, in Case You Hit It.“

Your company, agency, or campaign can be part of the fun and great MRAK energy with sponsorship of the show, receiving recognition at the beginning and end of each episode, as well as in the show summary on this website.

Quick is offering a BOGO – Buy one, get one month free of sponsorship, to the next entity that signs up. Here are the sponsorship details.

Feedspot ratings for Alaska podcasts are at this link.

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