Among the Trump Administration's flurry of executive orders was a mandate to maximize — not balance — resource extraction on Alaska's public lands. Less publicized provisions of the order instruct the ...

Our journey through Iowa’s 99 counties began in January with a visit to Kossuth County in the north, which is not the only location named after Lajos Kossuth, Hungary’s freedom fighter during the ...

President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Denali has resulted in lots of discussion.

President Donald Trump is on a mission to celebrate American greatness. He jumpstarted the effort hours after taking office, ...

Parts of the country remain under cold weather advisories and freezing warnings today, as the NWS warns of dangerous wind ...

Usually, renaming a place starts locally. The people in the state or county propose a name change and gather support. The ...

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after ...

Viewer reports and newly released estimates from the National Weather Service help us understand Georgia's historic snowfall ...

As part of a torrent of decisions he issued hours after taking office, President Donald Trump declared that the name of ...

Peter Maassen was a judge of the Alaska Supreme Court. He assumed office on August 9, 2012. He left office on January 13, 2025. Maassen earned his B.A. from Hope College in 1977 and his J.D. from the ...