The Airport Dike Trail may be a great place for spotting rare migratory birds or dog breeds, but it isn’t the trail for getting away from people.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s rejection of a proposed land exchange at the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge did not upset the Native corporation that sought the swap.

Another ethics complaint has been filed against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, less than a week before her resignation.

A convicted sex offender who failed to appear at his sentencing last year has been captured in Mexico and returned to an Alaska jail.

More than 400 wildfires have burned over 1 million acres in Alaska so far this year, making this one of the fifteen worst wildfire seasons in more than half a century.

A proposed one-year pilot project would re-establish direct passenger and freight ferry service between Sitka and the villages of Angoon, Kake, Tenakee Springs and Hoonah.

Former Juneau resident Tommy Dee “Tom” Ronsse died June 20, 2009, in Fairbanks following a brief illness. He was 73.

HAILEY, Idaho – Friends and family of an Idaho soldier who was captured in Afghanistan prayed for his safe return Sunday, shaken by the image of the frightened young private in a Taliban video posted online.

Alaska’s unemployment rate edged up to 8.4 percent in June, the highest it’s been in more than 20 years, according to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

ANCHORAGE – Plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit against Gov. Sarah Palin asked a judge Friday to declare that she broke state law two years ago when she failed to issue a proclamation for a celebration commemorating the freeing of U.S. slaves.