The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in ...

The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and under siege from a ...

The total cost of purchasing the 14-karat gold railroad spike at auction, to reclaim a piece of Alaska Railroad history, was ...

The Anchorage Museum and the city of Nenana, joined forces to bring home the Golden Spike, an iconic piece of railroad ...

Basketball coaches and players from Alabama’s Hoover and California’s Heritage Christian high schools expected a lot more ...

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The rain is part of a warm winter cycle for Alaska, while swaths of the Lower 48 freeze. Even New Orleans has gotten more snow than Anchorage this winter. New Orleans, LA has received more than ...

The Anchorage Police Department's headquarters in downtown Anchorage. (Hannah Lies/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage police say Alaska’s largest city saw nearly three dozen homicides last year ...

Anchorage combines the beauty of Alaska’s wilderness with the comforts of a vibrant city. Hike the Chugach Mountains, experience the Iditarod Trail, and view the mesmerizing aurora borealis.

Alaska Airlines will begin offering nonstop flights from Sacramento International Airport to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport this summer, Sacramento airport officials said in a Monday ...

at The Alaska Zoo. The facility, located in Anchorage's Hillside neighborhood, features animals and birds of the circumpolar north, and participates in the rescue of injured or abandoned creatures ...