The state's rural population may have to travel considerable distances if they need to visit a Social Security office.

Even by Alaska standards, Nome is remote, with no roads connecting it to the state’s population hubs hundreds of miles away. Supplies for its 3,600 residents have to be flown in or brought up by ...

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is again seeking bids for the opening phase of the Port of Nome Modification Project, months after the initial procurement effort was canceled due to ...

started the Iditarod in 1973 after the introduction of snow machines, as snowmobiles are called in Alaska, rendered the use ...

Alaska's housing landscape is undergoing a "silver wave" as the baby boomer generation (born 1946–1964) enters retirement.

The Alaska Department of Public Safety said ... Unalakleet has a population of about 800, according to U.S. Census data. Nome, with a population of about 10,000, is best known as the ending ...

Millions of people in South Asia are celebrating Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, by smearing each other with brightly ...

Forgive Matthew Failor if he wishes to never again mush along the Yukon River in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

In Alaska, a diphtheria outbreak threatened the remote town of Nome. The tragedy was averted ... landed 80 miles away. And half the population of Gorham, Ill., died that day.