Kroll Bond Rating Agency LLC said it was upgrading Alaska’s general-obligation debt rating to AA+, one notch below the firm’s ...

Authorities in Alaska say they will attempt Thursday to reach the site of an avalanche that trapped three skiers earlier this ...

Persistent warmth and rains have wreaked havoc with ski races and other events in the Anchorage area. Organizers are ...

Alaska State Troopers were unable to assess the site but said they do not believe the three skiers survived the avalanche.

A large winter storm pushed across California on Thursday as other parts of the West prepared for heavy snow and rain.

The road would give King Cove residents access to potentially life-saving medical care, but it could threaten key subsistence ...

If the deaths are confirmed, it would be the deadliest U.S. avalanche since three climbers were killed in a slide in ...

Cuts to National Weather Service will make it harder to keep your family safe, says Paul Douglas.

Tuesday’s slide measured more than a half-mile long with a debris pile estimated to be 40 to 100 feet deep, authorities said.

An avalanche has trapped three skiers under a pile of snow nearly as deep as a 10-story building in the Alaska backcountry.