Last year's king and silver salmon runs at Anchorage's Ship Creek were almost non-existent. The sport fisheries had to be canceled, but as the time comes for the first salmon to return to Ship Creek this year, there is hope and anticipation for what the 2025 run will look like.
On a small island in the Aleutians, some place names from World War II are reminders of the hate and racism of that time. An Anchorage historian has been working to correct that.
A clock hangs on the wall of an Anchorage bakery. It stopped telling time at 5:36 p.m. on March 27, 1964. It fell off the wall of an Anchorage restaurant during Alaska's Good Friday earthquake.
The Great Alaska Earthquake struck Alaska 61 years ago on March 27, 1964. Valdez resident Wade Huls was just 11 on that day, but remembers the events vividly.
The burled arch of the Iditarod finish line has to be rebuilt because the previous one was claimed by wood rot. Veteran musher Ramey Smyth was tasked with the job.
The Anchorage Museum, along with the City of Nenana, bought a special railroad spike at a Christie’s auction for $200,000. The spike is made of 14-karat gold and is rich with history.
October 25 marks Alaska Highway Day - commemorating the day in 1942 when the Alaska highway was completed.
The day also honors the contributions by ‘African American Soldiers’, who helped to build the road that connects Alaska to the contiguous United States, across Canada.
Oct. 18 has held special significance for Alaska since 1867 when territories that now comprise the state of Alaska were officially transferred from Russia to the United States in Sitka.
Two 12-foot, red cedar totem poles have stood in front of the Nesbett Courthouse in Anchorage since 1997. Their imagery represents the story of the balance of justice.
An Anchorage man recently stumbled across an offensive name of a creek on the Aleutian Islands left over from World War II, and now he's on a mission to change it.
Alaska history professor Ian Hartman received the Historian of the Year award by the Alaska Historical Society, and explains what makes history feel so alive to him.
The remodel wasn’t an easy feat, but with the support from other lodges and the community, the Schuenings are grateful to bring a staple back to the community.
Artifacts dating back thousands of years that belonged to an ancient Alaska Native people were discovered last month on Kodiak Island and has given archaeologists a greater knowledge of what life was like back then.
