Permafrost usually hits the news as a hazard; a planetary risk. When this ice-rich ground thaws, it damages roads and ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Rebecca Wright Stevens about her new nonfiction book, "Sisters of the Midnight Sun." It's the story of a gruesome double murder in arctic Alaska.

Elon Musk said Thursday that SpaceX’s Starlink can now provide reliable 10-gigabit-per-second upload and download ...

Defenders of a man accused of murder in Arctic Alaska faced a challenge in the effects of near-constant sunlight on witnesses ...

William Blair named Rocket Lab and Blue Origin among SpaceX's most capable and innovative rivals. The analyst said SpaceX ...

Each year, as autumn turns to winter, the sun sets over Utqiagvik, Alaska, and does not rise again for roughly 65 days.

From small-town parades to fireworks over the water, Alaskans are celebrating the Fourth of July in big ways across the state ...

Seven Flight Service Stations (FSS) across Alaska are currently closed, as the FAA investigates allegations of employee ...

Earlier this week Idaho, Montana and Wyoming received heavy snowfall despite the calendar indicating summer was very much ...

A trip to Utqiagvik, Alaska, takes him to the northern edge of America, where the cold hits instantly and daily life looks nothing like the rest of the country. The journey reveals polar bears, whale ...

The summer solstice is the first day of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere.

The northernmost community in the U.S. has voted to officially restore its traditional Inupiaq name. Barrow, Alaska, Changes Its Name Back To Its Original 'Utqiagvik' The northernmost community in the ...