A friend of mine from the Haa Yaitx’u Saiani’s Kin Support Program asked me to speak at the Mudrooms at Crystal Saloon at 7 p.m. Tuesday concerning love. I am not a big speaker…I am a big writer, ...

One hundred years ago an outbreak of the deadly disease in the Alaskan outpost of Nome caught the world’s attention.

Instead, officials shipped the serum by rail to Nenana in interior Alaska, some 675 miles from Nome via the frozen Yukon River and mail trails. FILE – Leonhard Seppala and his sled dog team are ...

It’s likely the toll was higher; Alaska Natives were not accurately tracked. Seppala and Togo missed the limelight that went to his assistant, Gunnar Kaasen, who drove the dog team led by Balto ...

One point of leverage? Alaska’s Red Dog mine. Red Dog — a huge open-pit operation in Northwest Alaska — is the largest zinc mine in the world, and a major U.S. source of both zinc and a little-known ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — 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 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — 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 ...

(KYUK File) The tradition of dog mushing has changed a lot throughout its rich history in Alaska. While some changes come from development in the sport, others have been forced by a changing climate.

He said his dog, named Luigi, went missing while out on a walk late last week and a few days before the wild animals were found. Neuhauser said he was with his neighbor at the time, whose dogs also ...

A “mystery bone” stumped rangers and archeologists in Alaska’s Katmai National Park ... and encouraged the park’s fans to guess what animal it came from on Facebook.