A historic bridge in Alaska named for segregated Black soldiers who battled extreme weather and terrain to help build the ...

KETCHIKAN — Minutes after the M/V Kennicott pulled away from its terminal in the Tongass Narrows on a late February journey up the Inside Passage, emergency lights flickered on, barely visible under a ...

Have you ever driven the Alcan — or just wished you could? The 1,520-mile road through Canada and Alaska is a magnet for adventurous travelers. There are some hardships: rough pavement, dust, mud, and ...

A planned ignition lit by British Columbia firefighters near the Alaska Highway to contain the Summit Lake Wildfire, seen on June 3, 2025. A wildfire in northeastern British Columbia has led to ...

Planning the Alaska Highway is half the fun. The other half is pulling over for the weird, wonderful, and drop-dead gorgeous stops that make this drive legendary. From steaming hot springs tucked in ...

The northern end of the 414-mile Dalton Highway, the only road link to the North Slope oil fields, is seen underwater on May 21, 2015. (From Alaska DOTPF) The extreme flooding that forced a weeks-long ...

Ferries that operate as the Alaska Marine Highway System are as essential to coastal communities as roads are to the cities and villages along the road system. If the Alaska Highway or the Glenn ...

Editor’s Note: The Caprock Chronicles are edited by Jack Becker, Librarian Emeritus, TTU Libraries. This week’s Caprock Chronicles is written by John McCullough, author and aviation historian of ...

Repairs to a section of the Alaska Highway in British Columbia near the Yukon border are expected to take more than a month before the road can reopen fully again, according to Canadian authorities.