Most of the time, they hail from just one city in China’s Zhejiang province: Yiwu, nicknamed “Christmas Town,” which supplies nearly 90% of all decorative Christmas goods used in the United ...

Russian warplanes were detected flying off the coast of Alaska and tracked by the U.S. military, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said Tuesday. The Russian aircraft never entered ...

In a virtual town hall on Tuesday, University of Alaska President Pat Pitney told staff, students, and faculty, “Don’t pre-panic.” The advice came a day after she announced four current and ...

If the town name rings a jingle bell, that’s because Solvang also earned national love last year as the second-best Christmas town in the U.S. (and number one in California), according to Newsweek.

Healdsburg also received national recognition from Newsweek in 2024 when it was named the third-best “Christmas town” in the country.

All of it is for export. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she’s worried new U.S. tariffs will damage some of Alaska’s biggest industries, especially commercial fishing. “We send a lot of product to ...

She says the store’s closure is a blow to the community. “You go into Joann Fabric, and everybody in town’s there," Standefer said. "It's kind of a melting pot, you always see somebody that ...

A dangerous form of gonorrhea is spreading in Alaska, according to state health officials. At the same time, two essential programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ...