The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) says that the steam alone is not a sign of an impending eruption. However, combined with ...

It’s up to an Alaska federal court to decide who has the rights to a portion of land between the Canning and Staines rivers ...

Alaska Native tribes and activists will use previous momentum to try and keep a road from being built through caribou ...

Mount Spurr lies about 80 miles west of Anchorage, which is Alaska's most populous city, making it one of the state's most closely watched volcanoes. It last erupted in 1992, spreading ash over ...

A pilot and two children were rescued hours after a small plane crashed into frigid waters in a miraculous survival story.

Many people living in the Himalayas, Andes, Alps, Rocky Mountains, Iceland and Alaska have experienced glacial lake outburst floods of one type or another. Juneau, Alaska, has been hit by several ...

This is the story of early expeditions to British Columbia's Mount Waddington, known as the Mystery Mountain because of its ...

Three skiers were likely killed when an avalanche swept them away on a remote mountain range in Alaska, authorities said Wednesday. The three adult skiers were flown by helicopter to the remote ...

If the deaths are confirmed it would be the deadliest U.S. avalanche since three climbers were killed in a slide in Washington’s Cascade Mountains two years ago. While Alaska troopers have not ...

Three skiers who had flown by helicopter to a remote mountain range were swept away by an avalanche and likely killed under the weight of dozens of feet of snow, Alaska State Troopers said Wednesday.