In 1950, the Pirano family embarked on a daring 4,500-mile drive from Cape Girardeau to Fairbanks, Alaska, enduring extreme ...

Despite the isolation, the grueling pace and the awful conditions, the Army Corps of Engineers completed the groundwork for the Alaska Highway in less than eight months. At the time, most soldiers ...

The payoff? Beautiful landscapes, wildlife, and a feeling of freedom. Scout the Alaska Highway's route with two AMERICAN EXPERIENCE producers. Building the Alaska Highway producers Tracy Heather ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on ... No one was hurt when the structure fell onto the Seward Highway on the south side of Alaska's biggest city, according to the ...

There were nine fatal moose-vehicle crashes on the highway between 2018 and 2023. DOT estimates Alaska experiences about 765 animal-vehicle collisions annually. In the late 1980s, DOT lengthened ...