As evacuees from villages like Kipnuk, Kwigillingok, Nightmute and Tuntutuliak boarded military helicopters bound for safety, many had no choice but to leave their dogs behind.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum signed right-of-way permits for the road, intended to spur mining in Northwest Alaska.

New research finds that mountain goat populations require 11 years – or 1.5 generations – to recover from more extreme avalanche years.

Rhode Island began offering treatment for substance use disorders in its prisons in 2016 and within a year, the overdose death rate among people recently incarcerated declined 60%.

Hundreds of people evacuated from Western Alaska after Typhoon Halong now face uncertain futures in Alaska’s largest city.

The Alaska Division of Public Assistance announced that SNAP benefits for November will not be released and experts worry that will add to food insecurity in the wake of ex-Typhoon Halong.

The governor and lawmakers have said they want to support Alaska’s growing agriculture industry, but farmers in the Interior say they’re largely on their own.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong left a catastrophe in this Western Alaska village. The handful of people left there are determined — but face an immense challenge.

Police and search and rescue crews are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 34-year-old Randy Jimmie, who has been missing in Bethel for two weeks.

Reindeer were brought to St. Lawrence Island after a devastating famine in the late 1800s. Now the animals could be a food security solution for the future.