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Chlorine leak killed 96,000 salmon

Alarms were ringing Tuesday after 15,000 liters of chlorine leaked from a fish farm into the Alta Fjord in Northern Norway. An estimated 96,000...

Winter storm rages over Northern Norway

Norway's northernmost region of Finnmark was largely cut off from the rest of the country on Monday after a severe winter storm with strong...

Cold reception for northern area plan

Eight government ministers unveiled the first strategic plan for Northern Norway in nine years on Friday, promising support for better schools, transport, job creation...

Parliament makes defense demands

UPDATED: Members of the opposition in Parliament have begun presenting their own demands for changes in the government's latest long-term defense plan. Among them:...

Northerners defend Nordland gateway

An overwhelming majority of Norwegians have defended a symbolic gateway to Northern Norway that stands just north of the Nordland county line. They firmly...

Storm cut Norway in half

The powerful remains of the tropical storm dubbed Sally slammed into Northern Norway on Monday, flooding the E6 highway at Rana to such an...

Extra ferry may end Helgeland chaos

Embarrassed politicians in Nordland County finally came up with the millions needed to charter in an extra ferry this week, after several days of...

Troms and Finnmark file for divorce

The unhappy forced merger of Norway's two most northerly counties, Troms and Finnmark, has already resulted in an attempted split. Neither county wanted to...

Island won’t let residents leave

Norway's northern island community of Træna was caught in conflict at home this week, after local officials banned all municipal employees from leaving the...

Corona pits region against region

Norwegians have been pulling together in recent weeks to limit the spread of the Corona virus, with one new survey showing that 90 percent...
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