Hawaii’s unique position in the center of the Pacific Ocean makes it particularly vulnerable to tsunamis from both distant and local sources. With 32 destructive tsunamis recorded since 1900, ...

While public TV and radio stations in much of rural America don’t depend on federal funding as heavily as their Alaska ...

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Communities along a 700-mile (1,127-km) stretch of Alaska’s southern coast ordered residents to higher ...

Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of ...

Alaska’s U.S. senators voted differently on a bill to block federal funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting.

A 22-year-old man suspected in the shooting deaths of a longtime music supervisor for “American Idol" and her husband at ...

Scientists at the Alaska Earthquake Center are monitoring an unusually high number of moderate earthquakes near Adak Island.

AMCHITKA ISLAND, Alaska (AP) — A series of moderate to strong earthquakes that struck Alaska’s western Aleutian Islands and offshore areas Sunday comprised what scientists call a “swarm ...