German soldiers never set foot on the speck of land at the far end of the Aleutian Islands during World War II, but the name ...

Here, the sun disappears for approximately 65 straight days during the polar night, plunging the town into total darkness. Then, in a dramatic reversal, it does not set for more than two months in ...

Have you ever wondered: what are the most dangerous states in the United States? Sounds like you came to the right place. The ...

Wild salmon is abundant in Alaska and coveted by chefs — but most Americans eat the cheaper, milder farmed kind. Journalist Kim Cross set out to learn why — and how to cook the real thing right.

Alaska's three biggest cities had the highest health care costs among cities and metro areas around the nation, analysis ...

Calling it an exercise in imagination, seismologist Carl Tape stopped at the site of Dome City and the former townsite of ...

A small creek on Little Kiska Island has been renamed, more than 80 years after it was named by soldiers fighting in the ...

Once the call of the small city captures you, it could be one that’s impossible to ignore, in which case the opportunity to ...

The renamed sites include a mile-long stream formerly known as “ Nazi Creek ” and a nearby summit previously bearing a ...

A number of early settlers of the Fulton County village were from the Scottish city of Dunfermline (pronounced "Done-ferm-lin") and gave it its name in the 1870s. The Scottish city on the southwestern ...