ALASKA is both huge and almost deserted. Over twice the size of the next largest US state, Texas, and with a population density of just over ...

In 1970, the first all-female team summited Denali. The new book "Thirty Below" by Cassidy Randall tells this forgotten story ...

famous for its vistas of Mount McKinley (also known as Denali). After exploring Talkeetna, passengers will continue to Anchorage, where they can explore the state's largest city on a guided tour.

According to Anchorage Daily News, the name “Denali” originates from a Koyukon word meaning “the high one.” Long before it was known as Mount McKinley, it was a place of great importance to Indigenous ...

From possible impacts to how to prepare, we dive into what we know so far about Anchorage’s closest active volcano and how to ...

A volcano near Alaska’s largest city is showing new signs of unrest, with experts saying the likelihood of an eruption at ...

It is an 11,070-foot tall, ice- and snow-covered volcano roughly 80 miles northwest of Anchorage. Mount Spurr is one of 53 volcanoes in Alaska that have been active within the last 250 years.

Five minutes after squeezing into the Cessna 206 with three other giddy passengers, the blue-and-white six-seater zipped across the gravel runway and rose into an overcast sky, veering west for the ...

Mount Spurr, located about 75 miles West of Anchorage, has been acting up in recent weeks, prompting officials at the U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska Volcano Observatory to issue a yellow alert.

The Alaska Volcano Observatory said signs indicated a Mount Spurr eruption was likely, though not certain, in the weeks or ...