Witness the raw, untamed beauty of Shaishnikof River on Unalaska Island, captured in stunning 4K aerial footage. Located in ...

The Department of Water Supply completed repairs to a water main break in the Ahualoa-Paauilo Mauka area, restoring service ...

Rhode Island may be the smallest state, but it's packed with history, scenic trails for hiking and biking, pristine beaches, ...

The contribution of genetics to the variability in people’s metabolism has remained largely unknown. This is, in part, because genetic studies of human metabolism have been limited in scale and ...

As the planet gets hotter, sea levels will rise and coastal waters will warm, bringing more damaging rainstorms. Scientific modeling of these changes predicts a sea level rise of 1 inch per year, ...

A little-known creek in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska had been officially named “Nazi Creek” for 80 years — until recently. Following a campaign by a local advocate, the creek was given a new name in ...

The name Nazi Creek will no longer be used in federal databases or maps for an Aleutian Islands waterway that now has an Indigenous name. On Thursday, the Domestic Names Committee for the U.S. Board ...

Michael Livingston is an Alaska historian and map enthusiast. He’s been working to remove the creek’s offensive name for about two years. He said he stumbled upon the name while exploring maps of ...

This map by the state of Alaska shows the location of Mount Carola in the Alaska Range. (State of Alaska image) The federal Board of Geographic Names has rejected a proposal to name a summit in Denali ...

The federal Board of Geographic Names has rejected a proposal to name a summit in Denali National Park and Preserve after a longtime mining pioneer. Michele Stevens, daughter of Carola June Young, ...

Pitcairn Island is home to about 42 residents, many of whom are descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers. The island is accessible only by boat, with supply ships visiting a few times a year. In 2015, ...

Spanning 1,200 miles from mainland Alaska toward Siberia and knifing between the Bering Sea and Pacific Ocean, the more than 300 mostly barren Aleutian Islands would have made for a perilous WWII ...