Like many Alaskans, I first arrived via the Alaska Marine Highway, in my case more than 34 years ago aboard a ferry from Bellingham. I’ve only traveled the Inside Passage twice and, tied to departure ...

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...

Parts of Alaska's mountainous Brooks Range were likely transported from Greenland and a stretch of the Canadian Arctic much farther to the east, according to a series of Dartmouth-led studies ...

Governor Egan signing the Human Rights Act. Identified are left to right Sen. Mike Gravel, Dick Hedberg-AFL-CIO, Maria G. Bowman and Willard Bowman-NAACP. (Courtesy of the William A. Egan Papers, ...

The history of reindeer in Alaska is complex. To help me understand I interviewed Nathan Muus, writer, musician, and yoiker. Muus is a Sámi American leader who’s been involved in the Sámi American ...

Alaska and mining. The history of our state is closely tied to the history of mineral exploration, discovery, and extraction. While most people may think that the early mining history of Alaska ...

In the Battle of the Aleutian Islands (June 1942-August 1943) during World War II (1939-45), U.S. troops fought to remove Japanese garrisons established on a pair of U.S.-owned islands west of Alaska.