In 1900, the favored destination was Nome, rumored to have beaches made of gold. The gold fever was a craze, a social disease, and Fitz caught it bad. In her defense, she had some slight ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — A small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on its way to the hub community of Nome was located Friday on sea ice, and all 10 people on board died, authorities said.

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Even by Alaska standards, Nome is remote, with no roads connecting it to the state’s population hubs hundreds of miles away. Supplies for its 3,600 residents have to be flown in or brought up by ...

Authorities are frantically searching for an airplane carrying 10 people that went missing on its way to Nome, Alaska, according to officials. A Bering Air flight from Unalakleet to Nome failed to ...

Wreckage of a crashed plane found about 34 miles southeast of Nome, Alaska, on Feb. 7, 2025. The crashed plane is believed to be a Bering Air Caravan carrying 10 people which went missing on Feb. 6.

All 10 victims that were aboard an aircraft that went missing near Nome, Alaska, on Thursday have been recovered, the city's fire department said.. Three of the victims had been found Friday in ...

Left: This file photo shows a frozen beach on the Bering Sea coast in Nome, Alaska. Rescuers are searching for a missing 10-passenger plane that was supposed to land in Noem on Thursday.

NOME, Alaska — Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star, won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday, celebrating with fist pumps to a cheering crowd and posing for photos ...

Debris matching the missing Bering Air plane with 10 onboard was found in Alaska. The Coast Guard says three bodies were found amid the wreckage, and believe the remaining 7 bodies are believed to ...

Nome, western Alaska’s largest community, had about 1,400 residents a century ago. Its most recent supply ship had arrived the previous fall, before the Bering Sea froze, without any doses of ...