If you assumed that the snowiest town in the United States would be packed with exciting outdoor adventures, you would be correct. Let's go to Alaska!

Coastal Alaska rivals any place on the planet for snowfall. Thompson Pass (2,678 ft) averages about 552 inches annually , and has hit 974 inches in a single season in the past. Just down the road, the ...

Mount Spurr shows signs of potential eruption; Sen. Murkowski hosts a tele-town hall on federal issues; Fairbanks seeks feedback on parks; enjoy a stunning sunset from Alaska Marine Highway.

Go rafting through Keystone Canyon in Valdez, flightseeing over ... Arm Fjord and the Inside Passage. Each new town offers a fresh perspective on Alaska’s natural wonders, from the sea lions ...

She has a long history of municipal management including stints as city manager of Valdez, Alaska; Oxford, North Carolina; and Princeton, West Virginia. Walton accepted a job as assistant city ...

Rika's is a riverside roadhouse that sits just off the Richardson Highway (the former Valdez-Fairbanks Trail ... of what today are Alaska’s highways, towns and communities.” ...

They were a major force in building the Alaska Railroad, but like other minorities, often faced discrimination.

The earthquake was centered in Boulder Town at a ... was reported in Alaska on January 16, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was centered in Valdez at a depth ...

Clarence Hiram Platt — who preferred to have people call him Poopdeck — may have been slowing down, but he rarely stopped ...

Robert J. Jones, chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been named president of the University of Washington.

There are two Chicago neighborhoods that are, on the surface, quite similar. They are both more than 90 percent Black; the median age of both is roughly 38. About the same share of people have college ...