Three skiers who had flown by helicopter to a remote mountain range were swept away by an avalanche and likely killed under the weight of dozens of feet of snow, Alaska State Troopers said Wednesday.

Troopers identified the three missing skiers caught in the avalanche as David Linder, Charles Eppard and Jeremy Leif.

Minnesotans were in a group of skiers who are missing after an avalanche south of Anchorage this week, authorities have ...

Radio Mankato identified one of the skiers caught in the backcountry avalanche as David Linder, who was part of a heli-skiing ...

Troopers and rescue teams are working to reach skiers trapped by an avalanche in the remote backcountry near Girdwood ...

If the deaths are confirmed, it would be the deadliest U.S. avalanche since three climbers were killed in a slide in ...

FILE - Mats Pettersson, from Sweden, makes the corner onto Cordova Street during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ceremonial start in Anchorage ... north of the Alaska Range as unpassable.

One area of "tremendous" potential is Ambler, an area at the foot of the Brooks Range west ... state's largest city, Anchorage, down the Kenai Peninsula and into the Gulf of Alaska, has an ...

We discuss invasive species and what is being done to curb their populations in Alaska. Invasive species can disrupt or destroy habitat and food supplies for native animals and plants which can ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A lack of snow along a dangerous stretch of trail has led organizers of the world’s most famous sled dog race to move the start of the Iditarod farther north.