The Latest Breaking News from Alaska

Helping to fight substance abuse in some states can be as easy as purchasing legal marijuana.

Zachary Porter, 20, was submerged Sunday evening and his body was recovered Monday morning. A member of Porter’s group called 911 when they couldn’t get him out but it was too late, authorities said.

Alaska’s push to become a bigger player in the clean energy market will be in the spotlight this week at a conference convened by Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy

A man walking on tidal mud flats with friends in an Alaska estuary got stuck up to his waist in the quicksand-like silt and drowned as the tide came in before frantic rescuers could extract him

Small aircraft are essential to Alaska’s remote settlements, and flying is part of the state’s culture. Acacia Johnson, who grew up in Anchorage, has been photographing the pilots keeping remote communities connected

There are some bone-chilling places on Earth, but what is the lowest temperature ever recorded and where was it?

The Alaska Airlines credit card offers 50,000 bonus miles plus a free companion fare. Bank of America customers get a 10% rewards boost.

Alaska Native villages have long been caught on the wrong side of the digital divide with no internet connections or a sluggish link at best

Flooding across Alaska has inundated scores of homes, with several of them knocked from their foundations by large ice chunks, and shut one of the state’s few east-west highways down to one lane

Ice jams in two Alaska rivers have unleashed major flooding over the weekend

Ice break-ups have flooded many communities in the Alaska river where ice melting too quickly floods faster.