The Barrow Coastal Erosion Project calls for over 100,000 tons of armor rock to be placed along 5 miles of the North Slope ...

Image via Depositphotos In the harsh winter of 1925, the remote town of Nome, Alaska faced a deadly diphtheria outbreak. The only available serum was in Anchorage, nearly 1,000 miles away. With planes ...

FILE – In this Nov. 8, 2005 file photo, Inuit hunter Karlin Itchoak coils the rope of a subsistence net after pulling in a beluga whale as the sun sets at Cape Nome near Nome, Alaska. The environment ...

The antitoxin used to treat it was developed in 1890, and a vaccine in 1923; it is now exceedingly rare in the U.S. Nome, western Alaska's largest community, had about 1,400 residents a century ago.

Ketchikan, Alaska, March 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cape Fox Tours has earned an Adventure Green Alaska certification for demonstrating compliance with its sustainable tourism practices.

A pilot and two girls survived on the wing of a plane for about 12 hours after it crashed and was partially submerged in an icy Alaska lake, then were rescued after being spotted by a good Samaritan.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Bering Air flight that crashed near Nome last month, killing the pilot and all nine passengers, was more than 1,000 pounds too heavy for the icy weather it was flying ...

Mar. 14—NOME — Jessie Holmes, a 43-year-old who came to Alaska from Alabama more than 20 years ago, earned his first victory in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Friday. Holmes crossed ...

Mar. 14—NOME — Jessie Holmes, a 43-year-old who came to Alaska from Alabama more than 20 years ago, earned his first victory in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Friday. Holmes crossed ...

NOME – Jessie Holmes raced into Nome early Friday, winning his first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on the longest trail ever. The 43-year-old musher and his team of 10 dogs were escorted by a ...