It’s the Alaska Railroad’s Hurricane Turn and it’s said to be America’s last flag-stop train ... I see a lot of white T-shirts being waved.” The Hurricane Turn operates from mid-May ...

The interest and participation in flag football has exploded over the past decade nationwide and in Alaska — including in the Interior as well as the Mat-Su, where there are now two teams in ...

Daren Herman, grandson of Alaska flag designer Benny Benson, was in the state for the first time to accept an honorary degree ...

A drawing contest became a life-changer for 13-year-old Benny Benson. The year was 1927. The Alaska ­American Legion sponsored a ­design-the-Alaska-flag contest for children in the seventh ...

While much of the nation shivers in bone-aching cold, people in Alaska's largest city are basking in warmer weather, jogging in short sleeves, ice-skating in T-shirts or walking dogs while just ...