The executive orders are the latest in a decades-long tug-of-war between conservation and development in Tongass National ...

President Trump issued two new executive orders on March 1 to expand logging in national forests. They could affect Tongass ...

BIGFORK — Recovery efforts have been delayed in Alaska after an avalanche killed three men who were heli-skiing, including a ...

Three heli-skiers were killed by a massive avalanche in Alaska's Chugach National Forest on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. The ...

The incident marks the first avalanche related deaths in Alaska this winter season.

The plan would allow skilled trail workers to continue their work this summer, after half of the U.S. Forest Service trail ...

Responding to the lack of snow across Southcentral Alaska and other regions, state officials on Thursday ordered an early ...

The large avalanche occurred Tuesday afternoon in the Chugach Mountains near Girdwood, according to the Alaska Department of ...

As the name suggests, permafrost was long considered to be permanent. But more recently, researchers have come to realize ...

Three heli-skiers are presumed dead after they were caught in an avalanche Tuesday, Alaska State Troopers said Wednesday in a ...

This is Alaska’s first fatal avalanche reported this season. It is also the country’s deadliest since February 2023.

Trump's actions are the latest chapter in a decades-long tug-of-war between conservation and development in Southeast Alaska's Tongass National Forest — by far the largest of the nation's forests.