A federal appeals court panel refused to vacate the approval of the massive Willow oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope though it found flaws in how the approval was reached.

As Alaska warms nearly twice as fast as the Lower 48 states, two of its National Weather Service (NWS) offices are stepping up their messaging.

A federal appeals court panel has refused to vacate the approval of the massive Willow oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope.

A few thousand anti-Trump protesters demonstrated in downtown Anchorage Saturday. "The only king I want is a king salmon," read a number of signs.

Alaska has been issued its first ever heat advisory by the National Weather Service (NWS) as an unusual surge of high temperatures grips parts of the state. This weekend, parts of The Lost Frontier State—including areas around Fairbanks—are expected to climb into the mid-80s, with some locations potentially nearing 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

From around 1909 to 1912, billikens were a brief, incandescent cultural mania that swept the country. By midcentury, they were largely forgotten, brushed aside by the passage of time — except, as it so happens,

ALSWORTH, Alaska – A magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook southern Alaska on Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake happened at 11:17 a.m. local time, with the epicenter located about 31 miles east of the community of Port Alsworth and nearly 100 miles underground, the Alaska Earthquake Center said.

The advisory warns that communities along the eastern border of the state will be most affected as upper and lower-level winds carry smoke across the region.