Three NASA-funded rockets are set to launch from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, in an experiment that seeks ...

A 41-year-old man was shot and killed last week by a North Slope Borough police officer responding to a report of domestic violence at an Utqiagvik ... according to Alaska State Troopers.

Travelling in Alaska — the US’s final frontier — can feel like jumping through a wormhole. Time here is marked not by the ...

Before a rare "blood moon" lunar eclipse amazed Americans on Thursday, the aurora borealis glowed bright green last weekend, dazzling viewers in Alaska ... Download USA TODAY's app to get to ...

Increasing volcanic activity at the over 11,000-foot-tall, snowcapped volcano in Alaska is likely a sign of ... believe it may soon erupt. Download USA TODAY's app to get to the heart of news ...

12—JUNEAU — The Alaska House on Wednesday advanced a school ... Robyn Niayuq Burke, D-Utqiagvik; Jeremy Bynum, R-Ketchikan; Ashley Carrick, D-Fairbanks; Julie Coulombe, R-Anchorage; Maxine ...

In July, NORAD intercepted two Chinese bombers and two Russian bombers, all nuclear-capable, during a joint exercise in international airspace near Alaska. This was the first time the two global ...

NOME, Alaska — Along the remote western edge of Alaska, just before it hits the narrow strait dividing America from the Russian Far East, Rolland Trowbridge is holding a contraption he designed ...

Facing frostbite and subzero temperatures, Florida tax attorney Karen Lapekas provided free services to Alaskans in remote ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The rugged Iditarod started Monday, but a dearth of snow forced the iconic dog sled race to start further north and added a new route that allows mushers to bypass ...

Now, US-funded science is suddenly upping sticks, too. In Alaska, communities such as Utqiagvik have come to depend on science as a revenue-generating sector, such is the contribution to the local ...