As the out-of-state tourism season winds down, locals have plenty of great opportunities to get out and explore.

In interviews over the first half of the year, USA TODAY reporters repeatedly heard frustration and a deep longing for better ...

Space can be a wondrous place, and we've got the pictures to prove it ... Photographer Hasan Akbas captured auroras dancing above Alaska, including this image of the northern lights over a ...

The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in Alaska amid a ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — About 130 U.S. soldiers are returning to their bases after being deployed last week to a remote western Alaska island with mobile rocket launchers amid a spike in Russian military ...

(CNN) — US Army soldiers were deployed to a remote island southeast of Alaska last week as part of a “force protection operation” amid an expected increase in Russian and Chinese military exercises in ...

Deadly Alaska Landslide Displaces Dozens of Families ... injuring three others and leaving dozens of homes damaged and without power. Photos from the aftermath of the slide showed a wide tract ...

Ketchikan, it continues, is known for "feisty salmon, idyllic scenery, and an incredibly rich Alaska Native culture." Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@ ...

A landslide in the city of Ketchikan in extreme southeast Alaska has killed at least one person and injured at least three, local officials said. It also prompted evacuation orders, damaged ...

A hunter in Alaska was hospitalized after being mauled by a brown bear and shot during an effort to fend it off, authorities said Monday. The bear attack occurred Saturday on the Kenai Peninsula ...

in the United States are found in Alaska, and Homer has emerged as a bear-viewing gateway to nearby wilderness areas. As much as we enjoyed the scenery from above, including Iliamna Volcano as it ...

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