JUNEAU, Alaska — In her yard under the blazing sun Wednesday, Debbie Penrose Fischer leafed through a water-logged cookbook with sentimental value that she hoped to salvage but doubted she could.

New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska's capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented widespread damage after an ice dam at the nearby Mendenhall Glacier ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Residents in Alaska’s ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Residents in Alaska’s capital cleared out waterlogged homes Wednesday after a lake dammed by the picturesque Mendenhall Glacier gave way, causing the worst flooding in the city ...