Now, 100 years later, Nome is remembering its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, frostbite, gale-force winds and blinding whiteouts to deliver life-saving serum and free the community from the grip of diphtheria.

While most of Friday’s press conference centered around education, Gov. Mike Dunleavy said there is a possibility that Southcentral Alaska would need to rely on imported natural gas as a temporary solution to the decline in production in Cook Inlet.

The switch to inflation-adjusted salaries will automatically take effect after the next election unless lawmakers and the governor reject it.

Dunleavy presented the legislative debate that would take place in the coming weeks as a battle between his administration and the Alaska chapter of the National Education Association, a union representing most public school teachers in the state, which has been largely opposed to Dunleavy’s education policies.

Bargaining parties reached a tentative deal with support from federal mediation, after talks stalled in a deadlock last month

Alaska Airlines says it won’t raise fares, but competition from Delta has meant lower prices in cities across the state.

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck near Takotna Wednesday evening, the largest to hit the area since December 1989.

The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in Alaska after entities combined to win an action for the 14-karat gold spike Friday.

President Warren Harding hammered a golden spike into train tracks in central Alaska. It was the ceremonial final piece of the Alaska Railroad, which connected inner Alaska to the coastal city of Seward,

The Anchorage Museum and the city of Nenana, joined forces to bring home the Golden Spike, an iconic piece of railroad history.

The total cost of purchasing the 14-karat gold railroad spike at auction, to reclaim a piece of Alaska Railroad history, was $201,600.

Two Alaska institutions are making a bid to bring home a golden spike that was driven into the ground more than a century ago to mark the completion of the Alaska Railroad ANCHORAGE, Alaska ...