The Latest Breaking News from Alaska

A group of researchers photograph a woolly mammoth tusk on the banks of the Koyukuk River in Alaska.

The researcher made the discovery by chance in a remote area of the Yukon

The election serves as a trial run for Alaska's new voting process, which could be a boon for third-party candidates.

Residents of St. Mary's in southwestern Alaska are donating food to firefighters and helping clear brush as the region's largest wildfire looms just a few miles from town.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Just as Alaska’s tourism season heats up, Princess Cruises says it will close one of its five lodges in the state this summer because of staffing shortages.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Early results in Alaska's 48-candidate special primary election for U.S. House Saturday showed Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III taking the lead, followed by independent Al Gross. Democratic former state Rep. Mary Peltola, in her first statewide campaign, was in fourth.

A tundra wildfire has moved closer to an Alaska Native community in southwest Alaska, but mandatory evacuations have not been ordered

Run by former Republican vice-presidential candidate marks first bid since resigning as governor partway through her term in 2009

Alaska elections officials have released initial vote counts in the special primary for the state's only U.S. House seat

A large fire burning in the tundra of southwest Alaska continues to move toward an Alaska Native village, but fire managers say it is moving at a slower rate

The Alaska Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision that barred state elections officials from certifying the results of Saturday’s special U.S. House primary amid concerns about ballot accessibility for voters with visual impairments