Alaska is finally getting rid of 'Nazi Creek' and other offensive names on maps By Sam Hill, Pacific Northwest Contributing Parks Editor July 10, 2025 ...

More than two decades ago, in a 2003 report, the U.S. Government Accountability Office warned that the majority of Alaska Native villages were affected by flooding and erosion.

"Home sweet home." That's how Helen Kakoona calls her Alaska Native village of Shishmaref when asked what it means to live on a remote barrier island near the Arctic Circle.

Parts of Alaska are warming up to four times faster than most of the rest of the world. That's forcing tough choices for residents of some Alaska Native villages.

But fighting the virus in rural Alaska presents additional challenges: Some of Alaska's remote villages can be 100 miles from the nearest hospital, and many are disconnected from the road system ...

BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — Small communities in Alaska's Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region are growing faster population-wise than Bethel, the commercial hub for that part of the state.

Alaska Has Finally Been Mapped as Precisely as Mars New topographic maps made from satellite data will help the state monitor—and plan for—its eroding coastlines and melting permafrost.

During our 200-mile trip down the Porcupine's length in Alaska, we saw no current villages, just the remains of a dozen former ones. That got me wondering about one of my favorite Alaska subjects.

A map of Alaska's indigenous languages -- one that hangs in government buildings, schools, and offices around the state -- has been updated for the first time in almost 30 years by the Alaska ...