A convoy of hobbyists and vehicle collectors is marking the 75th anniversary of the Alaska Highway by driving restored military vehicles from Vancouver to Alaska and Yukon.

The stretch of the Alaska Highway near Fort Nelson, B.C., that closed Monday due to a nearby wildfire has reopened to single lane traffic. Drive BC announced the update in a post around 9:30 p.m ...

The 10,000 U.S. soldiers who built the Alaska Highway included about 3,500 African-American troops, who mainly worked from Alaska southward into Canada. (U.S. Army/University of Alaska archives) ...

Leonard Larkins and nearly 4,000 other segregated black soldiers helped build a highway across Alaska and Canada during the Second World War, a contribution largely ignored for decades but drawing ...