Since 1867, when the United States purchased the colony of Alaska from Russia, fortune-seekers had migrated to the territory, mostly settling around its southern panhandle. Beginning with the 1896 ...

U.S. oil and gas companies are unlikely to expand development in Alaska and the Arctic following President Donald Trump's ...

President Donald Trump is renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. But how will that change go into effect – and will ...

The president wants to honor a predecessor, William McKinley, by returning his name to North America’s highest peak. The ...

Residents of the northeastern United States know it's been colder than normal this month, but how cold has it been? Over the week of Jan. 5 to 11, Pittsburgh's temperatures have been most similar to ...