Alaska

The Biden Administration will scrap contracts in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and ban drilling on more than half the National Petroleum Reserve

The Department of Interior’s scrapping of the leases comes after the Biden administration disappointed environmental groups earlier this year by approving the Willow oil project

Biden is scheduled to travel to India from Sept. 7-10 to attend a summit with other world leaders, followed by a stop in Vietnam

The circumstances of each missing person in classified into one of four categories: environmental, nonsuspicious, suspicious or unknown. About 75% of the cases fit in the environmental category

Many Democrats fear the party will boost former President Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House

Saturday’s event was astonishing because the water gushed so quickly, raising the river’s flows to about 1 1/2 times the highest previously recorded

It is receding so quickly that by 2050, it might no longer be visible from the visitor center it once loomed outside

The United States Geological Survey says the earthquake occurred 65.8 miles south of Sand Point, Alaska, at 10:48 p.m. Saturday

The justices rejected a broad attack from some Republican-led states and white families who argued that the system is based on race. Tribal leaders have backed the law as a means of preserving their families, traditions and cultures

The warmer winters of recent decades are altering a sophisticated survival strategy shaped by millions of years of evolution

The helicopters were headed to Fort Wainwright from a mission in the Donnelly Training Area. They crashed at about 1:40 p.m. Thursday about 50 miles east of Healy

The U.S. is headed into an El Niño year this season, which traditionally means a bigger fire year and further raises concerns

A long-standing food crisis has been worsened by the pandemic, inflation and the remnants of a typhoon that wiped out stockpiles of fish and fishing equipment

Twenty-five U.S. jurisdictions have legalized the drug, while others have only decriminalized. If you’re traveling, make sure to avoid legal issues

The unusual visual spectacle was the result of excess fuel being jettisoned at high altitude, where it turns into ice and, in the sunlight, produces what on the ground look like a big, swirly cloud

Sixteen Native men are being honored for saving the crew of a U.S. plane shot down over the Bering Strait by Soviet fighter jets nearly 70 years ago

Minnesota sued Juul in 2019, accusing the San Francisco-based company of unlawfully targeting young people with its products to get a new generation addicted to nicotine

ConocoPhillips’ Willow project would produce 180,000 barrels of oil a day at its peak

The decision announced on Monday is one of the president’s most consequential climate choices and is likely to draw condemnation from environmentalists

Regulators prepare to announce a final decision on the Willow project, a controversial oil drilling plan pushed by ConocoPhillips in the petroleum reserve

The last known eruption for Tanaga was in 1914. It erupted twice in the late 1700s and again in 1829

The #StopWillow campaign has garnered more than 50 million views and counting, and was trending in the top 10 topics on TikTok

The Transportation Department is rolling out a ‘dashboard’ to let travelers see at a glance which airlines help families with young children sit together at no extra cost

This is the 51st running of the Iditarod, but its 33 mushers are the smallest field ever to start the race

Scientists are racing to perfect new battery chemistries that don’t lose as much energy in cold weather as today’s lithium-ion systems

Idaho Gov. Brad Little led the multistate coalition of Republican governors — from Virginia to Alaska — opposing the federal water rule