Mark Thiessen

FILE - Two brown bears look for salmon at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, July 4, 2013. (AP File Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

By Mark Thiessen / Associated Press Late every summer, hulking white bears gather outside a tiny Alaska Native village on the edge of the

Late every summer, hulking white bears gather outside a tiny Alaska Native village on the edge of the continent, far above the Arctic Circle, to feast on whale carcasses left behind by hunters and to …

President Donald Trump's decision to launch Operation Epic Fury will go down in history as one of the most courageous and important in my lifetime. Presidents of both parties declared that Iran could not have a nuclear weapon; only Trump took decisive action to stop it.

FILE - An ice-covered ConocoPhillips sign is displayed at the Colville-Delta 5, more commonly known as CD5, drilling site on Alaska's North Slope, Feb. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

FILE - Fred John Jr., in yellow vest, addresses U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland during the Interior's "Road to Healing" event, Oct. 22, 2023, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen,

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, who is seeking a third term, flashes a thumbs up after a passing motorist honked during a sign waving event at an intersection on primary election

Many around the world looked in horror last month at images of a Ukrainian grandmother weeping as the body of her grandson was pulled from the rubble of his home following a Russian missile attack.

FILE - Michael Pese and his wife Tupe Smith stand outside the Boney Courthouse in Anchorage, Alaska, on Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)