This July marked 80 years since the U.S. government detonated the first atomic bomb in the desert of southern New Mexico, ...

Fairbanks-area tourism for the first half of the summer has been a mixed bag, according to a report from Explore Fairbanks.

A large crowd of well-wishers, friends, and colleagues packed the narrow hallway of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Museum ...

Palmer Sen. Shelley Hughes has become the seventh Republican to announce a run for governor in next year’s election. Incumbent Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, is term-limited and cannot seek ...

Pool play continued for the Goldpanners on Sunday at the National Baseball Congress World Series, as they faced Top Prospects ...

During the mid-1960’s the News-Miner did a couple of stories about Athabaskan Elder Paul Simon and his recollections of ...

The poet John Dryden wrote, “Words are but pictures of our thoughts,” and a couple of new ones — pogonotomy and xylarium — recently roused some mental illustrations. A xylarium ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy allowed three bills to become law this week without his signature, creating two fishing-related laws and one that updates the rules governing accountants in the state.

The state of Alaska has filed an appeal with the U.S. Department of Education after federal officials said the state failed a ...

News-Miner readers are a photographic bunch. If there’s an image to snap, you’ve snapped it. It’s not just locals who get a ...

After decades of false starts, the Alaska LNG pipeline project is finally gaining real momentum. Permits are secured. A ...

Ester Park was awash in music and colorful celebration as it hosted Pride Fest on Saturday. Hundreds of people mingled as the ...