Rear Adm. Bob Little is the new commander of the U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska, just as the big budget bill passes the president ...

The one-mile creek, located on a largely uninhabited island, had been given its name during World War II after the Americans ...

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 ...

A small creek on Little Kiska Island has been renamed, more than 80 years after it was named by soldiers fighting in the ...

It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and ...

We’ve rounded up some facts about Alaskan Malamutes. Their majestic double coats are their hallmark, enabling them not only to survive in the tough, freezing environments of their native Alaska but ...

Working on the Home Front, 1942–1945." exhibit features a collection of about 50 black-and-white photographs of wartime ...

Release of the requested documents will negatively impact an ongoing inspector general investigation,” a city FOIA officer ...

Two teens and a firefighter who tried to rescue them were airlifted to safety by the U.S. Coast Guard in Oregon after getting stuck on a rocky cliff.

The U.S. Navy’s WWII-era Alaska-class ships were unique and powerful warships, essentially a hybrid of a battlecruiser and a ...