Air Force engineers and archaeologists in Alaska have discovered a food cache on the Upper Cook Inlet southwest of Anchorage ...

Celebrate the heroic 1925 'Great Race of Mercy' as Nome honors its saviors, the sled dogs and mushers, who delivered life-saving serum through harsh conditions.

Packer, who skied nationally at the highest levels, used his engineering background to create Text Me The Snow.

The first death was a 3-year-old boy on Jan. 20, 1925, followed the next day by a 7-year-old girl. By the end of the month, there were more than 20 confirmed cases. The city was placed under ...

In a telegram, Welch pleaded with the U.S. Public Health Service to send serum: “An epidemic of diphtheria is almost inevitable here.” The first death was a 3-year-old boy on Jan. 20, 1925 ...

Thanks to Alaska’s new telegraph lines and the spread of radio, the nation followed along, captivated, as 20 mushers — many of them Alaska Natives — with more than 150 dogs relayed the serum ...