In the Arctic, permafrost plays a crucial role in building infrastructure. However, as the region warms and permafrost thaws, infrastructure is threatened as the ground shifts beneath the built ...

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...

This week, it makes far more sense to test an aspect of our tsunami system that didn’t perform very well last December — who should and should not evacuate and how to do so safely and ...

It includes food and other products that are shipped from Anchorage and Fairbanks through private carriers to retailers off of the road system ... journalist specializing in Alaska. She is the author ...

Throughout Wednesday evening, on this page, we’ll provide updates on closures, weather outlooks and impacts as storms roll ...

Severe weather threatens the mid-Mississippi Valley and Southeast this weekend, with possible hail, and isolated tornadoes. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Between brutal fire seasons in Los Angeles, David Longstreth wrote “Song of the Earth,” an album that captures the beauty, ...

Trump’s threats of a takeover have put Greenland on the geopolitical map. At a pivotal moment, we travel to the resource-rich Arctic island to make sense of the hype ...

With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations, ...

📍 Google Maps | Phone:(907) 929-9200 | Website | Hours (May ... Whitter also serves as a port for the Alaska Marine Highway System. The town is a great jumping-off point for exploring Prince William ...

The Columbia, a mainliner in the Alaska Marine Highway System, docked in Skagway in early March. The state is again exploring whether to build a road and other infrastructure in an aim to ease ...