A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On April 1, 1946, a magnitude 8.6 earthquake ...

Seward is among the most popular spots in Alaska, but a few miles south is a secret town with no crowds but plenty of charm, ...

At the time of contact, they were the most numerous of the Alaska Native groups. Communities stretched from Prince William Sound on the north Pacific Coast to St. Lawrence Island in the central ...

Alaska, with its official nickname "Last Frontier," is indeed our wildest state. The climate is extreme, the topography largely inhospitable to agriculture, and much of the interior accessible ...

Day 2: September 1 — Southeast Alaska’s Islands, Bays and Fjords: Today, nature is our guide as we set forth to view wildlife with the flexibility to take advantage of weather conditions. We may stop ...

A large circulation of low pressure moves into the Gulf of Alaska overnight and displaces a ridge of high pressure to the ...