Pete Hegseth takes oath as defense secretary amid controversy, vowing to strengthen U.S. military and deter threats.

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The spike's installation marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923. It's spent most of the time since then in the ...

JUNEAU — In his seventh and penultimate State of the State address, Gov. Mike Dunleavy depicted an optimistic picture of ...

The vote came a week after Trump on his first day in office signed an executive order calling for the name to revert to Mount ...

SEATTLE — This week will mark the 25th anniversary of the crash of Alaska Airlines 261, a Seattle-bound flight that crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Families of the victims are planning a ...

School funding, Permanent Fund dividends and aging state buildings will compete in the Legislature for funds due to lower oil ...

One of the plethora of executive orders President Donald Trump signed on his first day in office aimed at boosting oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in Alaska. While state political leaders ...

Before Alaska became an American state, Russia invaded and subjugated its people for fur trading Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent America’s largest state—encompassing mountains, coasts ...

Jenna Hickey/DAILY. Buy this photo. For the Michigan men’s basketball team as a whole, Monday night’s contest against Penn State was something of a ‘prove-it’ game. After getting embarrassed Friday ...

Here is the current state-of-play in the Champions League heading into matchday eight plus what is required from the British clubs involved to advance to the next stage of the competition.

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