The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and under siege from a contagious disease known as the “strangling angel” for the way it suffocated children.

Next week marks 100 years since the conclusion of the Great Serum Run, also known as the Great Race of Mercy, to deliver life-saving medication to the Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome. The town was hundreds of miles from anywhere,

Alaska’s anti-drug trafficking team seized 76% more illicit drugs last year compared to the previous year, according to their 2024 annual report. That included more than 42 million potentially-fatal doses of fentanyl.

Winter weather advisories are still in effect for Southeast, as snow accumulations of 3 to 8 inches looks likely. Temperatures today will stay near or below freezing for most locations, as colder air slowly settles into the region. Expect snow to end from north to south today, with overnight lows dropping into the 10s and 20s.

The latest Healthy Alaskans status report shows little improvement in most categories, including preventive care for pregnant women and young children.

The contrast between the declining Western Arctic herd and the thriving Porcupine herd is correlated to different levels of shrub growth, a product of climate change.

State authorities identified and intercepted large and small alcohol imports headed for communities that have opted to prohibit alcohol, known as “local option” communities.

Jonathan Hayes recreates the historic Serum Run journey to Nome on its 100th anniversary. Alaska plans forest expansions, the Iceworm Festival in Cordova celebrates winter, and a winning photo from

The apparent cable break is in a similar location to an outage in 2023 that left customers without internet for 14 weeks.

The temperature hovered around freezing in New York’s Central Park on December 15, 1925. Clad in a thick fur coat, Alaskan sled-dog musher Gunnar Kaasen stood next to the hero of the moment: Balto, a Siberian husky who’d helped deliver medicine across a frozen frontier to halt a deadly epidemic.

The first day always involves more pomp and circumstance than legislating, and this time was no exception — but senators offered some clues about the road ahead.

The apparent cable break is in a similar location to an outage in 2023 that left customers without internet for 14 weeks.