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Check out these amazing photos of F-22 Raptors and 'aggressor' F-16s soaring...

US Air Force F-22s and F-16s worked out over the mountains of Alaska on July 18. The fighters trained together to start the celebration week for the 100th anniversary of the 3rd Wing. Visit Business...

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A 24-year-old woman died while trying to reach the 'Into the Wild' bus in Alaska

Veramika Maikamava, 24, drowned trying to cross the Teklanika River in Alaska on Thursday. The newlywed and her husband, Piotr Marklielau, from Belarus, were hiking to the bus made famous by Jon...

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Alaska's 'Marine Highway' connecting dozens of towns that have no road access...

Alaska's state ferry system, a critical link for dozens of coastal towns, has been suspended for six days with no end in sight.  The union which represents workers on the Marine Highway voted last...

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NORAD detected 2 Russian spy planes flying off the coast of Alaska

Two Russian Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance aircraft flew off the coast of Alaska this week. NORAD identified the aircraft electronically but did not intercept them with other aircraft. Visit Business...

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US and Canadian fighters intercepted 2 Russian nuclear-capable bombers off...

US and Canadian fighter planes intercepted Russian Tu-95 bombers over the Bering Sea on Thursday. US officials said the Russian aircraft stayed in international airspace the entire time. Visit...

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US, Canadian, and British fighter jets intercepted Russian aircraft near...

Significant intercepts by US, Canadian, and British fighers of Russian aircraft in international airspace produced remarkable photos. The encounters all took place on the same day, August 8, but they...

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Trump wants to buy Greenland. It's not for sale, but it would be really...

President Donald Trump reportedly wants to buy Greenland, but he could face a lot of obstacles. Greenland's government has rejected the notion it's for sale.  There's also not a clear idea of how much...

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Mudslides leave hundreds of tourists stranded in an Alaskan national park

Three hundred tourists are left stranded at Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska after heavy rains triggered mudslides. The superintendent of the national park closed Denali Park Road to all...

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An Alaskan man found a friendly message in a bottle written by a Soviet...

Tyler Ivanoff was gathering firewood near Shishmaref, Alaska earlier this month when he found a message in a bottle written in Russian. He sought help translating the message on Facebook and...

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Trump has his eyes on Greenland — here's what happened the last time the US...

President Donald Trump has expressed interest in buying Greenland, an island in the North Atlantic that is part of Denmark. Greenland and Denmark have said the island is not for sale, but the US has a...

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Alaska was hit by a 5.0-magnitude earthquake that impacted two capital cities...

Southeast Alaska and northern Canada were hit by a 5.0-magnitude earthquake.  It was the second earthquake to hit the region in the last two days.  According to the Anchorage Daily News, there was no...

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Here's what we know about Todd Palin, who appears to have filed for divorce...

Todd Palin, husband of former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, filed for divorce from his wife last Friday. Even when Sarah Palin stepped into the public eye...

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A high school swimmer was disqualified after winning a race because she had a...

A teen swimmer on Anchorage's Dimond High School swim team won a race on Friday. She was then disqualified because she had a "suit wedgie" which the referee said exposed too much of her butt, the...

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A high school swimmer who was disqualified over a 'suit wedgie' had the...

A top-rated teen swimmer in Alaska was disqualified over her school-issued swimsuit after she won a race on Friday because the ref claimed it broke regulations. It did not. In a statement released...

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As the US military prepares for a potential showdown with Russia, the Navy's...

The Arctic is an area of increasing focus for the US military as it reorients toward a potential fight with a rival like Russia or China. This month, Navy divers and explosives experts are in Alaska...

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Trump's raid on military construction funds for his border wall will screw...

Redirecting military construction funds to pay for a US-Mexico border wall "poses various national security risks for the US armed forces," according to an Air Force report. President Donald Trump has...

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A moose tore apart a family's trampoline and the kids just watched and laughed

A moose in Alaska walked into a family's backyard — and it wreaked absolute havoc. The animal broke the family's trampoline as they looked on in horror, but he didn't do it by jumping on it. Instead,...

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Meet the winner of this year's Fat Bear Week in Alaska — and the competitors...

October 2 marked the beginning of the most wholesome week on the internet: Fat Bear Week. For a week each year, Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve pits its chunkiest bears against each other...

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One person died after a plane overshot the runway at an Alaskan airport and...

A plane with 42 people on board crashed at a remote airport in Alaska's Aleutian Islands Thursday evening.  David Allan Oltman, 38, of Washington state, died after the crash.   The NTSB is sending a...

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Russia is finding new islands in the Arctic, while the US is still trying to...

Russian explorers recently mapped five new Arctic islands that have appeared as ice recedes and interest grows in expanded shipping, resource extraction, and military operations in the region. Russia,...

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