The Homer Spit—a skinny 4.5-mile finger of land pointing into the bay—is Alaska’s version of a peninsula, except instead of tourist traps, you get fresh-caught seafood that will ruin restaurant fish ...

The Stikine River delta near town offers some of the best wildlife viewing in Southeast Alaska, with massive gatherings of bald eagles and one of the largest springtime concentrations of migrating ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — St. Petersburg officials say there’s no one-size-fits-all solution to the city’s flooding problems, a key takeaway from a public meeting that wrapped up nine recent walking ...

Alaska Timber and Truss is expanding its operation at Falls Creek with a 71-acre land purchase from the Mental Health Land ...

People who have been shoveling snow in central Southeast Alaska might feel a bit like Sisyphus, rolling his boulder uphill. But the heavy snowfall that buried many panhandle communities this past week ...

A strong, 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in Alaska on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 8:11 a.m. Alaska time about 7 miles northwest of Susitna, ...

A temporary casino is set to open in Petersburg, Virginia, on Jan. 22, 2026, pending final regulatory approval. The temporary facility will feature 900 slot machines, 33 table games, and will employ ...

PETERSBURG, Va. — As the opening of Live! Casino Resort and Hotel in Petersburg draws closer, the city wants to make sure downtown and Olde Towne businesses are ready for the influx of visitors. Many ...

More than 10,000 known Alaska landslides or landslide-related events are documented in a new state inventory intended to help improve understanding of risks and what can be done to improve safety. The ...

Among the programs targeted for cuts in the White House rescissions package is the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It's the independent nonprofit created by Congress to distribute federal funds ...

Federal officials changed the names of two natural features in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands on Thursday, replacing arbitrary and offensive World War II-era place names with ones that honor the native ...

Alaska Airlines has revealed plans for its inaugural transatlantic route, introducing nonstop flights between Seattle and Rome. The move marks the airline’s first foray into Europe and establishes the ...