circa 1950: A typical scene of the Aleutian Islands with a volcanic cone in the background.J. Malcolm Greany/Three Lions/Getty Images Alaska was controversially purchased by the US from Russia in 1867 ...

The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to editor@juneauempire.com. For all photos include the name of the photographer, a ...

A massive aurora borealis visible across the state overnight Sunday is a sign of strong solar activity set to bring more sightings this week, scientists say. Alaskans flocked to social media Sunday ...

In August 2013, law enforcement agents — wearing bulletproof vests, waders and side arms — hopped on all-terrain vehicles and aircraft for a journey into the Alaskan wilderness. The team from U.S. EPA ...

An Inupiaq elder teaches his great-grandson to hunt in rapidly warming Northwest Alaska where thinning ice, shifting caribou ...

PALMER — The Alaska State Fair is now open and runs until Sept. 4. Richard Dalton, performing with Stilt Circus for their first time at the fair, said Friday’s warm weather was a relief compared to ...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held talks Friday in Alaska about the war in Ukraine. The meeting at a military base in ...

A series of images has emerged showing the metal paneling covering the engine of an Alaska Airlines plane breaking away from the aircraft during a flight that was forced to return to Seattle. The ...

circa 1950: A typical scene of the Aleutian Islands with a volcanic cone in the backgroundJ. Malcolm Greany/Three Lions/Getty Images Alaska was controversially purchased by the US from Russia in 1867.

The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to editor@juneauempire.com. For all photos include the name of the photographer, a ...

Alaska was controversially purchased by the US from Russia in 1867. Critics called the transaction "Seward's Folly" after US Secretary of State William Seward. Alaska was officially made the 49th ...