NOTAM: 2/4722 State: AK Facility: ZAN Type: HAZARDS Description: KENAI LAKE NEAR SEWARD ALASKA., USA, Wednesday, April 18, 2012 through Thursday, April 19, 2012 UTC View Details

NOTAM: 2/4717 State: AK Facility: ZAN Type: HAZARDS Description: FOR TURNAGAIN ARM NEAR ANCHORAGE ALASKA., USA, Wednesday, April 18, 2012 through Thursday, April 19, 2012 UTC View Details

Alaskan man threatened a number of local terrorist acts in an extortion attempt and was arrested by Alaska State Troopers Monday, police said. The man allegedly planned acts of terrorism that, according to police, would have affected oil companies, credit card companies, cellphone companies, the University of Alaska and Alaska State Troopers. Read More This [...]This story comes to us via Homelan [...]

Federal authorities say a 68-year-old man was arrested at Burbank’s Bob Hope Airport after a loaded semiautomatic handgun was found in his carry-on bag. The Transportation Security Administration says the unregistered .40-caliber Glock G23 loaded with 10 rounds was detected Thursday morning by TSA personnel. The man was booked on an Alaska Airlines flight to [...]This story comes to us via Home [...]

A US Airways Group Inc. (LCC) jet was evacuated and inspected in Philadelphia today after a “threatening note” was found, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration said. The flight was cleared to continue its journey tonight to Alaska, the Associated Press reported, citing an airport spokeswoman. Read More This story comes to us via Homeland Security [...]This story comes to us via Home [...]

We crossed into Canada earlier today & Mary immediately started fussing about having to use the metric system. Converting MPH to KPH is easy because the speedometer and Garmin do it automatically. Converting liters to gallons and trying to keep the checkbook straight is another story altogether. 3.64 liters to a gallon I can handle, but figure in the exchange rate and the 2% Credit Union fee for [...]

(Courtesy alex-s/Flickr ) Alaska Airlines has begun to encourage its passengers to tag their own bags at check-in at Seattle Airport. It plans to roll out the service to other airports this summer. Alaska is the first airline to start self-tagging of luggage, after the government recently gave airlines the go-ahead to make the change. American Airlines, Delta, and Southwest have tes [...]

Evidence of wreckage from the Japanese tsunami is making it all the way across the ocean and is now washing up on beaches in Alaska. John Blackstone reports.

After 14 months and 4,000 miles, styrofoam and other debris from Japan is washing up on Alaska's shores

You may find an image of an Aztec warrior on your plane if you fly on one of Alaska Airlines' regional flights later this year.