With a deadly coronavirus epidemic creeping northward and the nearest hospital 230 miles away, Galen Gilbert, First Chief of Arctic Village, Alaska, knew his 200-person town could not afford to take ...

About as far west as you can go in the US before hitting Russia lies the string of Aleutian Islands. It's where the Discovery Channel's The Deadliest Catch is filmed and where most fish destined for ...

A polar bear killed a mother and baby in Wales, Alaska, earlier this week. The remote community is raising money for the memorial of the deceased. The attack was Alaska's first fatal polar-bear ...

ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT OVER ALASKA — Lt. Col. Jason Monaco soared six miles above lush wilderness, his fighter jet streaking across the icy blue sky. He banked his two-seat F-16D to the right ...

Grocery shopping is time-consuming and costly because I have to plan ahead and ship my food home. I try to get fresh produce but often rely on canned goods and stuff I can freeze to make last. I live ...

ANCHORAGE — A swarm of earthquakes occurring over the last few weeks has intensified at a remote Alaska volcano dormant for over a century, a possible indication of an impending eruption. The Alaska ...

The Siberian Yupik town of Gambell, Alaska, sits on the western edge of St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, closer to Russia than the Alaska mainland and two plane rides from Anchorage. Whale and ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing in a small boat on a remote Alaska island in the ...

A couple who relocated from the suburbs of New England to live in a remote, off-grid homestead in Alaska have opened up about the extreme lengths they go to in order to survive the brutal winter ...

Three volcanoes are erupting at the same time on a remote island chain in Alaska. Two of the volcanoes are spewing low levels of ash and steam. The eruptions have not affected any nearby communities ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A remote Alaska volcano is again oozing lava into its ice-filled caldera, but the activity is no cause for alarm for nearby villagers, scientists said Wednesday. Seismic activity ...