A walk through Nome, Alaska starts like a small-town travel video during the summer solstice festival, when the sun barely ...

A welcome sign on an Alaskan highway. (James Brooks/Flickr via Courthouse News) (CN) — Alaska Native tribes asked a federal judge on Tuesday to toss the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ approval of a ...

When the “three lucky Swedes” discovered gold at Anvil Creek in the Bering Strait region in September of 1898, they touched off a frenzy that transformed a once-peaceful corner of Alaska. “Imagine a ...

Sitting at the northwestern edge of North America, Alaska stretches across a vast Arctic land of wilderness, culture, and wealth beneath the surface. Among its resources is the Donlin Gold deposit, ...

Alaska Gold Fever is out now on Steam. Step into the role of a gold prospector during the Alaskan gold rush and build your own empire from scratch. Mine resources, refine different forms of gold, and ...

NOME, Alaska — To the unimaginative eye, the view of Nome, Alaska, from Joy Baker’s well-heated SUV looked like a whole lot of nothing: The early winter sun was sliding below the horizon barely four ...

Nome, population 3,700, is accessible only by plane outside a few months when boats can pass through. But it will be the home of the nation’s only deepwater Arctic port. Remaking America Nome, ...

An outbreak of diphtheria inspired a celebrated sled dog relay of nearly 700 miles to deliver lifesaving serum to the remote town of Nome. By Jeré Longman Jirdes Winther Baxter, the last known ...

Third in a three-story series on mining in Alaska published in a partnership between Inside Climate News and Northern Journal. Read parts one and two. COOK INLET — High in a mountain valley on the far ...

COOK INLET, Alaska—High in a mountain valley on the far west side of this tidal inlet sits an unusual plot of land. It’s a private parcel, with a gravel airstrip and four or five buildings that make ...

For me, the most compelling stories are the ones with no answers, and the true story of Nome, Alaska, proves that truth can be stranger than fiction. Over the years, roughly two dozen people from Nome ...