Washington, March 24 : Redoubt Volcano in Alaska, has roared into activity overnight with a series of eruptions that blew ash as high as 9.5 miles (15 kilometers) into the sky, with scientists saying that more such explosions are due.

According to a report in National Geographic News, the Redoubt Volcano eruption has already sparked earthquake swarms and mudflows, and more are expected-along with perhaps a new lava dome.

San Francisco  - The Mt Redoubt volcano in Alaska erupted for the first time since 1989 sending a huge plume of ash over the Arctic region, the Alaska Volcano Observatory said Monday.

Geologist Tina Neal said that five separate eruptions began late Sunday night with each lasting 10 to 20 minutes. The plume reached an altitude of more than 20,000 metres, but was drifting north, away from the city of Anchorage about 160 kilometres to the southwest. However, it forced the cancellation of at least 19 Alaska Airlines flights.

Juneau (Alaska, US), Feb. 19 : Alaska Governor and former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has been asked by officials to pay back taxes to the Internal Revenue Service. She reportedly owes taxes on more than 17,000 dollars in per-diem expenses.

State employees who live more than 50 miles away from Alaska''s capital, Juneau, are entitled to state aid in the form of per-diem payments. Juneau is approximately 600 miles from Palin''s home town of Wasilla, making the governor eligible for the payments.

Juneau (Alaska, US), Dec. 16 : Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said Monday that she is "suspicious" of a fire that destroyed her church over the weekend in her hometown Wasilla.

"It became pretty obvious near the very beginning of this whole episode that this was suspicious because there were just too many things taking place that evening," Palin told Fox News host Greta Van Susteren on her show "On the Record."

Wasilla (Alaska, US), Dec. 15 : A church that was once visited vy Alaska Governor and 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin was badly damaged by a fire late Friday night and early Saturday morning.

According to the local television station 2News KTUU, the blaze at the Wasilla Bible Church broke out as a group of women were making crafts inside.

Palin''s spokesperson, Bill McAllister, issued a statement on her behalf after she visited the church on Saturday.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 5 -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she will not release a transcript of her testimony in an ethics probe into her dismissal of Alaska's top law enforcement officer.

At issue was whether the former Republican vice presidential nominee violated state ethics laws when she fired Walt Monegan, the state's public safety commissioner, for his refusal to fire her ex-brother-in-law from the state police, the Anchorage Daily News reported Friday.