Alaska's Aleutian Islands were shaken by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake briefly prompting a tsunami warning in the region. The earthquake struck about about 192 kilometres east-southeast of Atka, Alaska. ...

Counting Atka mackerel became really important, according to National Marine Fisheries Service Biologist Suzanne McDermott, when Steller sea lions were declared endangered in 1997. “We learned that ...

Friday marks the end of Alaska’s student count period, which determines how much funding public schools receive. To get full funding, schools need at least 10 students. But at the Yakov E. Netsvetov ...

Three men from Anchorage died after a van carrying employees from a fish processing plant crashed Tuesday in the tiny Aleutian village of Atka. Six survivors of the crash were flown overnight to ...

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Alaska early Friday morning, the USGS reported, leading to a brief tsunami warning for parts of the Aleutian Islands. The warning ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A 6.8-magnitude earthquake in the Pacific Ocean prompted a brief tsunami warning early Friday morning for Alaska's Aleutian Islands. The warning was canceled after only a small ...

Unangax Native kids from Atka, Alaska talk about their dances, history, and culture. A group of kids on Atka Island describe and perform an Unangax traditional dance. They explain how they their ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

The United States Geological Survey reports a preliminary magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck near Atka, Alaska on Thursday. The quake hit at 7:15 PM local time at a depth of 37 kilometers. There was no ...

The United States Geological Survey reports a preliminary magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck near Atka, Alaska on Monday. The quake hit at 5:03 PM local time at a depth of 9 kilometers. There was no ...

Three of the nine people injured in Tuesday's van crash on Atka have died, Alaska State Troopers say. None of the people involved in the crash were named in a trooper dispatch issued just after ...