Mark Thiessen, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Water rushes down Front Street, just a half block from the Bering Sea, in Nome, Alaska, on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Much of Alaska's western coast could see flooding and high winds as the remnants of Typhoon Merbok moved into the Bering Sea region. The National Weather Service says some locations could experience the worst coastal flooding in 50 years. (AP Photo/Peggy Fagerstrom)

News

Storm causes flooding in western Alaska

by Mark Thiessen Associated Press, and Jocelyn Gecker Associated PressSeptember 18, 2022

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A powerful storm sweeping north through the Bering Strait on Saturday caused widespread flooding in several western Alaska coastal communities, knocking out power and sending residents fleeing for higher ground.The force of the…

A line of cars evacuates the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska, Wednesday, after a tsunami warning was issued following a magnitude 8.2 earthquake.

News

Alaska quake produces prolonged shaking

by Mark Thiessen Associated PressJuly 29, 2021

This May 18, 2021, photo, provided by Allen Minish shows lacerations on Minish's head as he recuperates at a hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, following a mauling by a brown bear. The bear charged Minish after a chance encounter in a wooded area near Gulkana, Alaska, and he estimated the encounter lasted less than 10 seconds. (Courtesy of Allen Minish via AP)

News

Alaska man survives bear mauling

by Mark Thiessen Associated PressMay 20, 2021

This undated photo shows a building that remains at the site of the Jesse Lee Home in Seward, Alaska, where the territorial flag, which later became the Alaska state flag, was first flown. The Seward City Council will decide Monday, July 13, 2020, whether to demolish the remaining buildings. (Trish Neal via AP)

News

Alaska city mulls razing historic site

by Mark Thiessen Associated PressJuly 12, 2020

Thomas Waerner, of Norway, arrives in Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

Norwegian musher achieves boyhood dream, wins Iditarod race

by Mark Thiessen Associated PressMarch 18, 2020

People ride through town on all-terrain vehicles Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, in Toksook Bay, Alaska. The first Americans to be counted in the 2020 Census starting Tuesday, Jan. 21, live in this Bering Sea coastal village. The Census traditionally begins earlier in Alaska than the rest of the nation because frozen ground allows easier access for Census workers, and rural Alaska will scatter with the spring thaw to traditional hunting and fishing grounds. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

News

Census begins in tiny Alaska town

by Mark Thiessen Associated PressJanuary 19, 2020

This Dec. 3 photo shows Santa Claus arriving in Napakiak, Alaska, on an Alaska National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. The Guard brought its Operation Santa Claus to the western Alaska community, which is being eroded by the nearby Kuskokwim River.

News

Santa, soldiers bring joy to beleaguered Alaska village

by Mark Thiessen Associated PressDecember 11, 2019

This Wednesday, March 20, 2019, photo shows Iditarod musher Nicolas Petit posing with two of his dogs in Anchorage, Alaska. The Frenchman Petit was in the lead of this year's race but his dog team quit running after he yelled at Joey, right, to stop picking on Danny, left. Petit says that isn't the reason the dogs quit running; instead, they quit about the same point the team got lost in a blizzard in the 2018 race. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Iditarod musher discounts critics after dogs refused to run

by Mark Thiessen Associated PressMarch 23, 2019

Peter Kaiser (9) poses with his lead dogs, Morrow, left, and Lucy., Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in Nome, Alaska, after winning the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. It's the first Iditarod victory for Kaiser in his 10th attempt. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

Musher’s journey from feeding sled dogs to winning Iditarod

by Mark Thiessen Associated PressMarch 13, 2019

Nicolas Petit hugs one of his dogs before they leave Unalakleet, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday, March 10, 2019. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

News

French musher was leading Iditarod, but then his dogs quit

by Mark Thiessen Associated PressMarch 12, 2019