In Alaska, the state with the nation’s biggest increase in drug overdose deaths from 2020 to 2021, certain demographic groups have been at higher risk, according to a newly released report: men more ...

Imagine running a 5K and winning the race by 10 minutes. That’s analogous to what is transpiring in Alaska at the moment. An exceptional slew of records has tumbled in the wake of extreme warmth, with ...

State health department officials said last week said more people died in Alaska, from COVID-19 or other causes, during a major virus surge this fall compared to any other point in the pandemic. Not ...

Alaska’s 2021 salmon harvest has blown past the forecast and by Aug. 27 had topped 201 million fish, well above the 190 million projected at the start of the season. The catch was bolstered by a surge ...

WASHINGTON – The Army's mental health emergency in Alaska spiked in 2021 with 17 suspected suicide deaths – more suicides than in the previous two years combined. The crisis has deepened in recent ...

On Sunday, Kodiak Island in southern Alaska hit 67 degrees. That’s warmer than it was in Southern California that same day. This set a record for the warmest December day in Alaska, according to the ...

The Alaska Supreme Court is weighing a case that is expected to determine who can provide abortion care in the state. The ...

No sooner had travelers begun reckoning with the notion that the cruise season in Alaska appeared to be canceled for a second summer than Congress passed a bill in late May allowing the big ships to ...