With untouched wilderness as far as the eye can see—and a distinct lack of tourists—this highway offers a glimpse of what the ...

A strong, 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in Alaska on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 8:11 a.m. Alaska time about 7 miles northwest of Susitna, ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Trump administration on Thursday finalized plans to open the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to potential oil and gas drilling, renewing a long-simmering ...

UNLEASHING ALASKA’S EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCE POTENTIAL: Today, President Donald J. Trump approved the appeal of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA), directing his ...

For years, a national database that tracks and maps landslides has had a major hole: Alaska. That’s about to change. The state released a database this week that pinpoints where thousands of slides ...

Federal officials changed the names of two natural features in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands on Thursday, replacing arbitrary and offensive World War II-era place names with ones that honor the native ...

Alaska Airlines has revealed plans for its inaugural transatlantic route, introducing nonstop flights between Seattle and Rome. The move marks the airline’s first foray into Europe and establishes the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 7—This month, state officials voted unanimously to change the names of a creek and a hill on an Aleutian island in response ...

Google Maps is the most popular app with more than a billion active users monthly. It uses various icons and symbols to represent various places. Every symbol and icon used on Google Maps and what ...

- The US Department of Interior has announced its plan this week to pursue the reopening of 82% of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to leasing and energy project development as well as mining. - ...

Mount Churchill stands in a white corner of the Alaska map, deceptive in its cold, windblown silence. At least twice in the last few thousand years, the peak’s ice-covered caldera has spewed ash that ...