North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, the choice for Interior secretary, will lead a new council likely to promote fossil fuels.

Alaska has some of the nation's highest rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea, and high numbers are shown in the annual infectious disease report.

Thaw is a problem because permafrost holds enormous amounts of carbon, more than twice as much as is already present in the ...

Among the most rapidly changing parts of our planet are the coldest landscapes near the top of the globe, just south of the ...

Among the most rapidly changing parts of our planet are the coldest landscapes near the top of the globe, just south of the ...

Hydrogen, the universe’s most common element, could underpin a post-oil energy future in Alaska and beyond, experts say.

After Alaska became the first state to start a dental therapy program in 2006, with a rocus on rural servie, other states ...

Alaska's pro-labor measure passed, as did some similar measures, but minimum wage measures failed in California and ...

The measure to ensure the federal student aid form opens up annually by Oct. 1 passed with near-unanimous support.

Burgum, who has served two terms as governor of North Dakota, was in the field of Republican candidates for president during ...

President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he plans to name North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the Department of Interior.

President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he plans to name North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the Department of Interior.