Smithsonian Magazine on MSN12d
The Alaska Railroad’s Golden Spike Hammered in by President Harding Will Return to Its Home State
The spike's installation marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923. It's spent most of the time since then in the ...
Soap Central Lifestyle on MSN3d
Where is Nome, Alaska? History of unsolved disappearances explored as search intensifies for missing plane carrying 10 in Alaska
The sudden disappearance of a Cessna plane with 10 people on board during a flight in Nome, Alaska, has raised scrutiny on ...
Alaska rescue crews search for missing airplane with 10 onboard
The Bering Air Caravan was reported missing at around 4 p.m. local time, according to the Alaska Department of Public Safety.
New York Post26d
Alaska pummeled by hurricane-force winds near 130 mph as widespread damage seen in Anchorage
The largest populated city in Alaska is still recovering from the hurricane ... and partially collapsed the Rabbit Creek Pedestrian Bridge along the Seward Highway. The National Weather Service ...
Alaska Dispatch News29d
Part of pedestrian bridge collapses onto Seward Highway in South Anchorage
Part of a pedestrian bridge across the Seward Highway near South Anchorage ... the highway early Sunday as high winds battered the city, closing both lanes of the highway for a time.
Newsday18d
A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more than a century ago, a ceremonial act that marked the launch of a system ...
Newsday29d
Fencing, roof of Anchorage pedestrian bridge fall in strong wind, closing highway
No one was hurt when the structure fell onto the Seward Highway on the south side of Alaska's biggest city, according to the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. A highway ...
The Associated Press on MSN9d
100 Years Later: Remembering the incredible sled dogs and mushers of Alaska’s 1925 serum run
A century ago, a team of determined mushers and their sled dogs embarked on a perilous journey to deliver life-saving ...
Alaska Dispatch News29d
Opinion: Trump’s push to control Greenland echoes US purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867
The Siberian city of Okhotsk became the staging ... his thoughts about expansion into the Arctic, Seward accomplished his goal. In Alaska, the Americans foresaw a potential for gold, fur and ...