Measles is spread through contact with infected nasal or throat secretions, or by breathing in the virus after it's coughed, sneezed or sent into the air by an infected person, according to WHO. The ...

Weather balloons are an “essential piece of the forecasting system.” But there will be fewer of them in tornado season this year.

Meteorologists and former National Weather Service leaders say reducing vital weather balloon launches will degrade the accuracy of forecasts just as severe weather season kicks in.

University at Albany meteorology professor Kristen Corbosiero looked at the map ... puzzle — the atmosphere — where so much weather brews, several meteorologists said. All of the 10 announced ...

Earlier this month, the agency announced weather balloon cuts in Albany, New York, and Gray, Maine, and in late February, it ended launches in Kotzebue, Alaska ... at the map of launches Friday ...

The accolades continue to roll in for North Pole High School’s flag football team almost half a year after the Patriots won the state’s inaugural Alaska School Activities Association (ASAA ...

Nearly 3,000 state jobs were vacant at the beginning of this year. Alaska State Employees Association head Heidi Drygas, whose union represents a majority of the state's rank-and-file workers ...

Mar. 26—Editor's note: This story was updated Wednesday to add comments from Alaska State Medical Board member Dr. Matt Heilala. The Alaska State Medical Board is asking the Legislature to ban ...

And his on-again, off-again tariffs, and a related drop in oil prices, have compounded the uncertainty for Alaska lawmakers, who each year must craft a state budget based on volatile oil prices.

(AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File) Alaska House Majority Leader Chuck Kopp, at left, speaks to reporters about the state budget on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Juneau, Alaska, and is shown with Rep.