The Knik River Valley has everything from glacial hikes to horseback rides and dog sledding—and it's a must-visit when visiting Alaska's Denali National Park.

Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...

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 ...

At the end of the 19th century, an estimated 100,000 people joined the Klondike Gold Rush, seeking their fortunes in the interior of Alaska and Canada’s Yukon territory. Many gold seekers who ...

A 4.7 magnitude earthquake struck near Willow, Alaska, with tremors felt in Anchorage and Eagle River. According to United States Geological Survey (USGS), the quake struck 4 miles north of Willow ...

Southcentral Alaska’s Susitna River is one of the nation’s most endangered rivers because of a state plan to build a 100-mile road into its uplands to encourage mining, oil and gas drilling ...

Migrating summer chum and Chinook salmon are seen on July 7, 2007, in the Tozitna River ... back to the 1970s, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said in a Yukon River update issued on ...

A huge atmospheric river over the Gulf of Alaska. Image: Michala Garrison, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership and data from ...

Western Alaska Yup'ik Village Floods as River Rises From a Series of Storms ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Storm-battered residents in the western Alaska village of Napakiak were preparing for the ...

In Southeast Alaska, winter fades and the return of the ooligan (also known as eulachon) in the Unuk River marks the arrival of spring. Ooligan, sm’algyax, is the fish that saves. It forms the ...

Communities along the Lower Kuskokwim River flooded this week as a spring breakup ice jam backed up water to the highest levels reported in nearly 20 years, authorities said. By Friday, water ...

A Douglas DC-4 took off from the Fairbanks International Airport before crashing 7 miles south into the Tanana River, Alaska State Troopers said in a news release. No survivors have been found.