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

Sled dogs have been especially crucial for explorers and Eskimo societies. Image via Depositphotos In the harsh winter of 1925, the remote town of Nome, Alaska faced a deadly diphtheria outbreak. The ...

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 ...

Nome, Alaska, remembers its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, frostbite, gale-force winds and blinding whiteouts to deliver life-saving ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jessie Holmes and his dog team race into Nome on Friday, March 14, winning the 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (Matt Fauibio/Alaska Public Media) NOME – Jessie Holmes raced into Nome early ...