Writer Lale Arikoglu follows the historic 1,000 mile sled dog race to find out why it still captures so many imaginations.

The veteran musher has maintained a consistent lead over Matt Hall and Paige Drobny for much of the past week.

Mount Spurr, located about 75 miles West of Anchorage, has been acting up in recent weeks, prompting officials at the U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska Volcano Observatory to issue a yellow alert.

(AP Photo/Mark Thiessen) GIRDWOOD, Alaska (AP) — Three skiers who had flown by helicopter to a remote mountain range were swept away by an avalanche and likely killed under the weight of dozens ...

A volcano near Alaska's largest city is showing new signs of unrest, with experts saying the likelihood of an eruption at Mount Spurr in the next few weeks or months has increased. The Alaska ...

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A volcano near Alaska’s largest city is showing new signs of unrest, with experts saying the likelihood of an eruption at Mount Spurr in the next few weeks or months ...

Two federal judges have handed down orders requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to rehire thousands, if not tens ...

Musher Jessie Holmes raced out of White Mountain around 5 p.m. Thursday ... All three live in Interior Alaska and all three have never won an Iditarod before, but they’ve been close.

Ever since Ravn Alaska stopped flying between Anchorage and ... when Grant flies 27 flights per day between 5 a.m. and 10 p.m. Even on the slowest days (Saturday and Sunday) Grant flies 16 times ...

The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a G.O.P.-written stopgap spending measure ...

Viewers in Fairbanks, Alaska captured the northern lights, or the aurora borealis, on video Sunday, showing vibrant green ...