Iditarod musher Jeff Deeter of Fairbanks talks to spectators on March 1 as he approaches the end of a trail of old snow stretching only about 1.5 miles in downtown Anchorage. The race’s ceremonial ...

Damage to remote Alaska villages hammered by flooding last weekend is so extreme that many of the more than 2,000 people displaced won’t be able to return to their homes for at least 18 months, Gov.

Everything is 100 times more complicated when it comes to building — and rebuilding — in remote Alaska communities.

Officials in Alaska rushed Tuesday to evacuate and find housing for people from tiny coastal villages devastated by the ...