Hundreds of residents from remote Alaska Native villages are being airlifted after a storm battered their communities

The remnant of Typhoon Halong slammed the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, an area in Western Alaska hundreds of miles from the U.S. road system. More than a thousand people are displaced.

On Oct. 18, 1867, the United States completed its purchase of Alaska for $7.2 million, taking possession of the territory from Russia.

State Historian Katherine Ringsmuth said the exhibit is meant to help celebrate America’s 250th anniversary in a unique way.

Officials say one of the “most significant” airlifts in Alaska history is underway following a devastating typhoon. Hundreds of people are being evacuated by helicopter, military transport plane and y

Digital archivists have been capturing forgotten visions of Alaska history by digitizing aging VHS tapes for nearly two years.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Thursday night that the airlift of residents displaced by Typhoon Halong could become one of the largest emergency evacuations in state history, as hundreds of evacuees arrived in Anchorage from flood-stricken Western Alaska.