NASA is launching rockets into the Northern Lights from Alaska to investigate why auroras have distinct movements such as flickering and pulsating.

Two Alaska institutions are making a bid to bring home a golden spike that was driven into the ground more than a century ago to mark the completion of the Alaska Railroad.

Traffic was at a standstill Thursday morning after a military convoy vehicle rollover closed the Richardson Highway at mile 300, near the Harding and Birch Lakes area. According to officials, the ...