A tiny Alaskan island known as the “Galapagos of the North” with a population of just 350 is in a panic over a singular rat that may not even exist. Residents of the St. Paul Island in the ...

State prosecutors in Alaska have decided not to file criminal charges against a Anchorage-based police officer who was involved in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old girl named Easter Leafa.

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The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, said it detected Russian military aircraft off the coast of Alaska on Sunday, marking the fourth time since 9/11 amid heightened tensions ...

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the ...

Bankrupt trucker Yellow Corp. and its hedge fund owners lost a key court ruling over $6.5 billion in debt that pension funds claim the defunct company owes them, likely wiping out most recovery ...

The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in the Aleutian chain of western Alaska amid a recent increase in Russian military planes and ...

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NORAD announced Sunday that it had intercepted two additional Russian IL-38 military planes flying near Alaska. The aircraft this past week did not enter US or Canadian sovereign airspace, NORAD said.