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

The Limited Entry Act was created to manage open-access chaos. When Alaska gained statehood in 1959, there were no limits to who could fish. This led to ballooning participation, and by the early ...

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 ...

More than 20 years ago, when the Tlingit residents of Hoonah in coastal Alaska decided to build a ... now based on Chichagof Island, about 35 miles west of Juneau. Community leaders considered ...

Erin Kirkland Named for former Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles, who spearheaded the project, the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail is an 11-mile out-and-back paved trail winding its way from downtown Anchorage ...

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

The Coast Guard commissioned its newest cutter, John Witherspoon (WPC 1158) for official entry into its service fleet during ...