German soldiers never set foot on the speck of land at the far end of the Aleutian Islands during World War II, but the name ...

Rear Adm. Bob Little is the new commander of the U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska, just as the big budget bill passes the president ...

A little-known creek in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska had been officially named “Nazi Creek” for 80 years — until this week.

The renamed sites include a mile-long stream formerly known as “ Nazi Creek ” and a nearby summit previously bearing a ...

A small creek on Little Kiska Island has been renamed, more than 80 years after it was named by soldiers fighting in the ...

Little people have long been a part of Alaska Native stories, as parents and elders warned children that little people can steal away children into the wilderness.

After a collection of mysterious photographs of Alaska were published on CNN, the people featured in them have stepped forward to identify themselves and revealed their delight at reconnecting ...

Dec. 6—In a rare exercise of a little-used executive power, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has granted clemency to five people convicted of long-ago drug- and alcohol-related crimes. In a written ...

A zoo in Alaska has three new residents: a trio of female wolverine kits. Olga, a wolverine living at The Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, gave birth to the furry little ones around Feb. 8, and the zoo ...

For the third straight year, Esther Keim has been flying low and slow in a small plane over rural parts of Alaska, dropping frozen turkeys to residents.

The people of Alaska were mad as hornets at strict Army censorship. Pending further enlightenment, however, it was well for hotheads not to get too hot.

Now as quiet as wind whispering through grass, a plateau rising from the flats of northern Alaska was for thousands of years a lookout for ancient Alaskans.