News at 6 - August 20, 2026

A plane crashed near Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, about 450 miles west of Anchorage.

Sam Harrel with the Alaska Division of Forestry confirmed by phone Wednesday that the Mukluk fire grew to the northwest and east on Wednesday, bringing the total burned area to approximately 6,756 acres. 

When an 800-pound Kodiak brown bear charged out of the brush on Tuesday, Katelynn Lane had only seconds to react.

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