With a deadly coronavirus epidemic creeping northward and the nearest hospital 230 miles away, Galen Gilbert, First Chief of Arctic Village, Alaska, knew his 200-person town could not afford to take ...

About as far west as you can go in the US before hitting Russia lies the string of Aleutian Islands. It's where the Discovery Channel's The Deadliest Catch is filmed and where most fish destined for ...

ADAK, Alaska (AP) — The roar of our rusty pickup truck rumbling down a dirt road on Alaska’s Adak Island is the only sound for miles besides the constant howling wind. Classic rock plays on the only ...

ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT OVER ALASKA — Lt. Col. Jason Monaco soared six miles above lush wilderness, his fighter jet streaking across the icy blue sky. He banked his two-seat F-16D to the right ...

A polar bear killed a mother and baby in Wales, Alaska, earlier this week. The remote community is raising money for the memorial of the deceased. The attack was Alaska's first fatal polar-bear ...

NENANA -- This village of 600, an hour's drive outside of Alaska's northernmost city of Fairbanks, has long been dependent on the Tanana River. Along the banks, huge fish wheels use the river's flow ...

ANCHORAGE — A swarm of earthquakes occurring over the last few weeks has intensified at a remote Alaska volcano dormant for over a century, a possible indication of an impending eruption. The Alaska ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing in a small boat on a remote Alaska island in the ...

A couple who relocated from the suburbs of New England to live in a remote, off-grid homestead in Alaska have opened up about the extreme lengths they go to in order to survive the brutal winter ...

Three volcanoes are erupting at the same time on a remote island chain in Alaska. Two of the volcanoes are spewing low levels of ash and steam. The eruptions have not affected any nearby communities ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A remote Alaska volcano is again oozing lava into its ice-filled caldera, but the activity is no cause for alarm for nearby villagers, scientists said Wednesday. Seismic activity ...