The celebration of the founding of Fairbanks dates back to 1952 and touts events for all ages. Included in the 2025 ...

I n early 1925, an outbreak of diphtheria threatened to wipe out the entire population of Nome, a remote gold rush town in ...

The disappearance of glaciers is also creating opportunities for the multibillion-dollar mining industry. Like migrating salmon, mineral exploration companies are moving quickly into areas exposed by ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome faced a bleak winter. It was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and unrelenting blizzards, and under siege from a ...

The history teacher became fascinated by the Gold Rush-era Iditarod Trail and helped stage the first dogsled race.

Dan Seavey, who helped organize the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and whose son and grandson have each won the famous Alaska race multiple times, has died. He was ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Jessie Holmes ... Holmes was first to the finish line in the Gold Rush town of Nome, on the Bering Sea coast. The race began March 3 in Fairbanks after a lack of snow ...

NOME, Alaska — Jessie Holmes ... Holmes was first to the finish line in the Gold Rush town of Nome, on the Bering Sea coast. The race began March 3 in Fairbanks after a lack of snow forced ...