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

Michael Livingston, who submitted the proposals to formally get rid of the existent names, said “Nazi Creek” is particularly ...

There’s a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that most people have never heard of. Once part of the Russian ...

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

A new U.S. military manual defines the survival and tactical needs of fighting a war in the Arctic and extreme cold weather ...

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 ...

The Unalaska Department of Public Safety said Tuesday that 28-year-old Jacob Riley Veeser was found in the water at 10:27 a.m. on April 5.

KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard commissioned its newest cutter, Coast Guard Cutter John Witherspoon (WPC 1158) for official ...

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

Alaska officials have voted unanimously to change the names of a creek and a hill on an Aleutian island in response to proposals arguing they were offensive and arbitrary. The features in question ...

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