For the first time, the state known for glaciers, dogsledding and northern lights issued a heat advisory, with Fairbanks pushing the mid-80s.

But Laney took a leap of faith less than a year ago, moving with his wife and two dogs from America’s southern border to Alaska ... of Nome to Fairbanks last week when he saw the weather forecast. He ...

Witnessing the northern lights feels exactly like that—a surreal, shimmering dance of color across the heavens that leaves ...