Three tribes have filed a lawsuit to stop a controversial gold mining operation in Alaska as another battles a mine just over ...

Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Nation examined how a lack of federal funding and climate change severely impact ...

Alaska is a fascinating state, being the largest in the Union. It’s also a geographical phenomenon, being the country’s ...

War came suddenly to Alaska, but not unexpectedly. Throughout the 1930s, a rising chorus of voices had alerted a reluctant ...

Let’s train the next generation of air traffic controllers, modernize our infrastructure, and bring air safety into the 21st ...

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.

Alaska regulators have rejected a permit application for a controversial gold-dredging project near Nome after determining that the plan is riddled with deficiencies and would put the public ...

NOME, Alaska (AP) — 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 ...

NOME, Alaska -Along the remote western edge of Alaska ... the guy at the NAPA auto parts shop, gold miners, postal workers and city employees. For a few in Nome, the stakes of the conflict ...