President Barack Obama, accompanied by Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, second from right, greets Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, left, as he steps off Air Force One after arriving at Elmendorf Air Force Base on ...

During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to "work with the Canadian government, state of Alaska, oil and gas producers and other stakeholders to facilitate construction of" an ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — President Barack Obama is opening a historic trip to Alaska that will make him the first sitting president to visit the Alaska Arctic. The president arrived on Monday ...

Only a tiny portion of the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the country illegally reside in Alaska. But experts said President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration last week should ...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will change the name of North America’s tallest mountain peak from Mount McKinley to Denali, the White House said Sunday, a major symbolic gesture to Alaska Natives ...

During the episode, Obama will observe the effects of climate change and then “trek through the wilderness,” according to a Monday press release from NBC. Running Wild is a survival-technique show ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he's removing more than 52,000 square miles of waters off Alaska's coast from consideration for oil and gas exploration or drilling.

SEWARD, Alaska — President Barack Obama stared down a melting glacier in Alaska on Tuesday in a dramatic use of his presidential pulpit to sound the alarm on climate change. From a distance, Exit ...

KOTZEBUE, Alaska — With a historic visit to the Alaska Arctic, President Barack Obama on Wednesday turned the spotlight on the plight of Alaska Natives and others who toil in rural areas under ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- The Anchorage Daily News, Alaska's largest newspaper, endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama Sunday after declaring Gov. Sarah Palin 'too risky' to be one ...

You’ve heard it said that it’s different in Alaska, and you probably recall former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s attitude toward oil exploration: “Drill, baby, drill.” We’ve all enjoyed the sharp drop in ...