A tsunami warning has been issued for parts of the Alaska Peninsula, stretching from Kennedy Entrance to Unimak Pass. This ...

The Trump administration transferred 28,000 acres (11,331 hectares) in a remote part of Northwest Alaska to a native corporation, putting more land near a proposed mining road under local control.

German soldiers never set foot on the speck of land at the far end of the Aleutian Islands during World War II, but the name ...

Multiple U.S. states and Canadian provinces are experiencing poor air quality from wildfire smoke. Here's where.

Federal officials changed the names of two natural features in Alaska's Aleutian Islands on Thursday, replacing arbitrary and ...

A one-mile stream in Alaska dubbed “Nazi Creek” after it was reclaimed from the Axis Powers during World War II has finally been renamed after more than seven decades of debate.

The name “Nazi Creek” will no longer be used for federal databases or maps. On Thursday, the Domestic Names Committee for the ...

Its new name is Kaxchim Chiĝanaa, meaning either “gizzard creek” or “creek or river belonging to gizzard island” in Unangam ...

The US Board on Geographic Names has approved the renaming of ‘Nazi Creek’ and a nearby hill on Little Kiska Island, with ...

He’s also been steadily working to make Alaska maps more accurate. The explanation he’s come up with for why a creek and hill on Little Kiska got these names is: expediency.

Science Nearly 70 years ago, the world’s first satellite took flight. Three Alaska scientists were among the first North Americans to spot it.

Deadly landslides are increasing around the world. But in parts of Alaska, maps of the hazards remain controversial.