With old man winter approaching shortly, December presents a perfect opportunity for a topic that I have personally been waiting to pontificate on… conifers. This wonderful class of botanical ...

I once asked a snowmachiner heading out on a trail from Nome where he was going. “Boston,” he said before speeding off. Not knowing of any Boston within 3,600 miles, I thought I had misheard him. But ...

I spend a lot of time with women in their 80s and 90s. Most weeks, my mother, her two close friends, and I make our way to the coffee lounge at their senior living community. Sometimes other women ...

The house rocked as though an earthquake had struck, and suddenly it was floating. Water seeped in through the front door, and waves smacked the big glass window. From the lone dry room where Alexie ...

While many episodes of Doctor Who start off with a creepy-yet-lighthearted cold open, 2007’s "Blink" (season 3 of the modern era of Doctor Who, episode 10) goes full horror-mode. It's 1 a.m., and a ...

The remnants of Typhoon Halong brought hurricane-force winds and catastrophic flooding to coastal communities in western Alaska on Sunday, pushing entire houses off their foundations. Rescue aircraft ...

Here’s everything you need to know about exploring the cities and vast wilderness of Alaska—when to go, where to stay, what to do, and how to get around. An Arctic river flows through the Brooks Range ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Land associated with the largest sale of human beings in the history in the United States is now up for sale in Savannah. The Weeping Time is when historians say more than 400 ...

The National Weather Service issued a tsunami warning after the earthquake. A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck near Sand Point, Alaska, on Wednesday, prompting a tsunami warning from the National ...

New provisions that benefit whaling captains and rural hospitals appear to be aimed at winning over Senator Lisa Murkowski, the Alaska Republican who had said the bill would hurt her state. By Catie ...

Sister Genevieve and Pope Francis first met in 2005 when she traveled from Rome to Buenos Aires for the burial of her aunt Alessandro Di Meo/ Pool Photo via AP An 81-year-old French nun who was ...