It was ‘Snakes on a Plane,” Roger joked. They couldn’t hold back details that the bird knows a lot of words, and a parental advisory is necessary.

For the first time ever, parts of Alaska have been under a heat advisory — but you can put an asterisk at the end of that term.

Using the heat advisory label could help people better understand the weather’s severity and potential danger, something a nondescript “special weather statement” didn’t convey. The first advisory was ...

It’s not the first instance of unusually high temperatures in Alaska, but using the heat advisory label could help convey the weather’s severity.