Gold mining in the United States is heavily concentrated in a handful of states that combine rich geology with decades of ...

In the remote northwestern corner of Alaska sits Nome, a frontier town where gold rush history meets otherworldly landscapes that would make George Lucas do a double-take. You know that feeling when ...

AMBLER, Alaska (AP) — Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His great uncle Ernest steadies a rifle on his lap. It’s the last ...

AMBLER, Alaska — In Northwest Alaska, a proposed mining road has become a flashpoint in a region already stressed by climate change. The 211-mile (340-kilometer) Ambler Access Road would cut through ...

Pack your parka and join PBS Books and the Library of Congress as we make the trek to Alaska Pack your parka and join PBS Books and the Library of Congress as we make the trek to Alaska on American ...

Conservation groups and three Alaska Native tribes filed lawsuits against the Trump administration on Wednesday to block a deal for a gravel road through a wildlife refuge on the Alaska Peninsula. The ...

A coalition of Alaska Native tribes and environmental groups has filed multiple lawsuits against the federal government, seeking to overturn a land swap that would allow construction of a road through ...

Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. (Kristine Sowl photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) (CN) — Three Alaska Native villages and a national conservation organization filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the ...