The sun peeks over the ridgeline and the morning light instantly warms my face. I walk through the muskeg, its colors faded ...

The Supreme Court seems closely divided over a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, which added a second Black ...

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...

This is the story of early expeditions to British Columbia's Mount Waddington, known as the Mystery Mountain because of its ...

A new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed.

A view of Girdwood, Alaska, from Mt. Alyeska. (Nathan Searles via WikiCommons) Advertisement ...

GIRDWOOD, Alaska (AP) — Authorities in Alaska said ... a helicopter delivered skiers to a backcountry peak in the Chugach Mountains. Three skiers were caught in the avalanche and estimated ...

Three skiers were likely killed when an avalanche swept them away on a remote mountain range in Alaska, authorities said ...

If the deaths are confirmed it would be the deadliest U.S. avalanche since three climbers were killed in a slide in Washington’s Cascade Mountains two years ago. While Alaska troopers have not ...

Alaska State Troopers said the skiers had all come from other states to the mountain near Girdwood, close to Alaska's largest resort, Alyeska. A spokeswoman for Chugach Powder Guides, which took ...