A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On April 1, 1946, a magnitude 8.6 earthquake ...

The creek is a mile-long stream on the southeastern side of Little Kiska Island, beside the bigger, more prominent Kiska Island 242 miles west of Adak at the far end of the Aleutian chain.

A MCHITKA ISLAND, Alaska (AP) — A series of moderate to strong earthquakes that struck Alaska's western Aleutian Islands and offshore areas Sunday comprised what scientists call a “swarm," but ...

Their complaint calls for the United Nations to investigate how military waste on Sivuqaq continues to violate the rights of ...

The island lies further west than Hawaii; its position on the cusp of East Asia makes it one of Alaska's more remote and idiosyncratic communities. Part of the Aleutian Islands, a 1,100-mile ...

Once part of the Russian Empire, it is now a remote outpost of the United States, sitting in the far-flung Aleutian Islands chain in Alaska. Despite its location on US soil, it lies closer to ...

An Escanaba native who was working on a fishing vessel in Alaska has been found dead. Jacob Riley Veeser, 28, began working ...

Scientists at the Alaska Earthquake Center are monitoring a series of earthquakes near Adak Island in the western Aleutians, with at least eight quakes exceeding magnitude 5 since March 20.

One source is the string of active volcanoes that stretch from Southeast Alaska to the Aleutian Islands, including Augustine and other Cook Inlet volcanoes. “We’ve got a lot of potential.

In June 1942, Japan’s invasion of the Aleutian islands in Alaska prompted the U.S. military to activate the Alaska territorial guard, an Army reserve made up of volunteers who wanted to help ...

more prominent Kiska Island 242 miles west of Adak at the far end of the Aleutian chain. The move comes after several years of efforts across the country, including in Alaska, to drop words and ...