From samples from one of Alaska's earliest oil wells to rocks from Fort Knox gold mine near Fairbanks, the Alaska Geologic Materials Center is a library of successes and failures, and it is still turning up clues for the future.Sean Doogan
The Color Run, which bills itself as the "happiest 5k on the planet," turned thousands of Alaskans into walking rainbows Saturday morning, making it the largest and messiest run the state has ever seen.Laurel Andrews
Some 15,000 people crowded the streets of Alaska’s largest city Saturday for the Color Run, a wild, 5-kilometer race in which participants ended up doused in corn-starched paint.
For about a decade, Tim Meyers has run a farm in Western Alaska -- one of the harshest environments in America to make a go at agriculture. Here's what his world looks like.
From bluegrass and berry-picking festivals to renaissance fairs, Salmonstock and Primus, Alaskans have a lot of recreating to do this summer. Here's your 2013 guide to fairs and festivals across the state.Alaska Dispatch
From mid-May snowstorms to near-record heat, Alaskans take extreme weather in stride -- a lot easier stride with 80 degrees and ice cream, though. But land managers face snow, floods, fires and more, all at the same time.Sean Doogan
Ice atop the Tanana River, like many Alaska waterways, is unusually thick for mid-May. The popular Nenana Ice Classic may be headed for a record.Sean Doogan
The clean, white rib is a souvenir of a grueling surgery for a recent Homer High graduate. It looks like the kind of bone beachcombers find out along Kachemak Bay.Michael Armstrong
OPINION: Undersea seismic exploration in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas now involve three nations, and there are no studies or environmental assessments being done to understand the cumulative effect on marine species and the people who depend on them.Daniel Lum
