Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...

Cover art from the free downloadable book "Black History in the Last Frontier," published by the University of Alaska Anchorage and the National Park Service. (From NPS) Fairbanks is celebrating Dr.

In his recent book “Black History in the Last Frontier,” University of Alaska Anchorage history professor Ian Hartman sheds light on the contributions Black people have made in Alaska before and after ...

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...

Scholars believe that Alaska's Native peoples descended from nomadic hunters and gatherers who crossed from Siberia to North America over the Bering Land Bridge some 20,000 years ago. Then in 1741 ...

Passengers on a Mother's Day Alaska Airlines flight got a special hello from the pilots and ended up being a part of history for the airline. Captain Tara Wright came out of the cockpit before the ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This page is part of a comprehensive guide to voting rights across the U.S. and in Puerto Rico. After the U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867, a civil government slowly came into ...

In Northwest Alaska, a proposed 211-mile mining road has divided an Inupiaq community already devastated by climate change.

Alaska is famous for its vast and rugged natural beauty. It is also notorious for having the highest murder rates in the country. “A person is more likely to be murdered in Alaska than any other state ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...