The cruise industry was already booming in Alaska, but some locals say its continued growth is putting a strain on the environment tourists come for.

A permitting system designed in the 1970s was supposed to make Alaska’s commercial fishing industry more sustainable and more ...

Swimming in the Arctic Ocean had been on my bucket list for years, and I finally got the chance to make it happen.

Meet the 11 freshmen: Robyn "Niayuq" Burke ... board member for the North Slope Borough School District and as a board member of the Association of Alaska School Boards. Now, she's a decision-maker ...

decided to run for the Legislature after spending two terms on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly. Originally from Florida, Elam has lived in Alaska for a decade and worked in the field of ...

despite objections from Alaska’s senators. By Lisa Friedman The Trump administration said on Friday that it had followed through on the president’s promises to change the name of the Gulf of ...

TALLAHASSEE — After President Trump on Monday issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis jumped on the idea. In an order he issued ...

Stretching between Australia's northern tip and Papua New Guinea lies the Torres Strait, a shimmering expanse of water where the Pacific and Indian Oceans meet. This remarkable marine crossroads ...

The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) publishes a volume called Limits of Oceans ... the Gulf of Mexico, Trump also changed the name of the highest peak in North America (in Alaska ...

ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Starting Jan. 23, 2025, the Gulf Islands Ferry will have a two-stop system from the Bradenton Riverwalk Pier to the Historic Bridge Street Pier on Anna Maria ...

Within days of President Donald Trump signing an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of ... Sheldon wrote to Thomas Riggs of the Alaska Engineering Commission on Jan. 13, 1916 ...

TALLAHASSEE — After President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf America, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis jumped on the idea. In an order he ...