The ICE transfer of detainees to Alaska DOC custody raised serious concerns around standards of detention from legislators and advocates.

With Trump pushing for mass deportation, the ICE detention center in WA has been filling up and briefly exceeded its capacity. So it sent immigrants away.

From Ice to Inferno: Alaska Issues Historic Heat Advisory The state is warming more than twice as fast as the global average.

The Alaska House Judiciary Committee plans to hold a hearing June 20 on the use of Alaska Department of Corrections facilities to house and supervise federal detainees for U.S. Immigration and ...

Jun. 9—Alaska's correctional facilities are holding 40 immigration detainees from Outside under a deal between the state and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Alaska Department of ...

An immigration attorney called the transfer “unusual” and said he hadn't seen anything like it in his decade as a lawyer in Alaska.

Many details remained unclear, including at which of Alaska’s jails or prisons the detainees were located, under what circumstances they were brought here, and how the transfer deal came to be.

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press PALMER, Alaska (AP) — It is one of Alaska’s favorite Mother’s Day traditions, getting up close and personal with animals that have survived the ice age.

It is one of Alaska's favorite Mother's Day traditions, getting up close and personal with animals that have survived the ice age.

It is one of Alaska’s favorite Mother’s Day traditions, getting up close and personal with animals that have survived the ice age.

A warming Bering Sea kept ice away from this Alaskan island — leading to the closure of a crab processing plant and fraying of the community.

Learn to Ice Climb at Alaska’s Most Extreme Community Festival For more than 40 years, Alaskans have been gathering in the tiny coastal town of Valdez to celebrate the art of climbing ice ...