The U.S. Department of Interior has announced plans to reopen 82% of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska for leasing and ...

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 – ...

Mansfield native and sled dog musher Matthew Failor finished his 14th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday night in Nome.

How many miles is the Iditarod? The the exact distance of the Iditarod varies based on which route the teams take. In odd years like 2025, teams will travel 998 miles. In even years, teams will ...

It was shortly after 1 a.m. February 9 and musher Pete Kaiser, Yup’ik, and his dog team were on their way to a record-tying ninth win in the Kuskokwim 300, the highly regarded mid-distance sled dog ...

NOME, Alaska — Along the remote western edge of Alaska, just before it hits the narrow strait dividing America from the Russian Far East, Rolland Trowbridge is holding a contraption he designed ...

The Military Department of Alaska was created by the War Department in 1900, after the influx of people to the territory after the discovery of gold at Camp Nome, to safeguard life and property ...