With their close proximity to Japan, the Aleutian Islands seemed especially prone to an attack. Stretching westward into the Pacific Ocean, the chain of roughly 150 islands lay just 750 miles away ...

The western Aleutian island’s military base has been closed since 1997. Only about 50 people live on the island, which is ...

The Discovery+ doc explores Alaska's rugged Aleutian Island chain with filmmaker Ian Shive and a U.S. Fish and Wildlife research team. “It was a trip of a lifetime,” says the Los Angeles-based ...

A series of moderate to strong earthquakes hit Alaska's western Aleutian Islands and offshore areas on Sunday, in what scientists are referring to as a "swarm,". It comes after a series of ...

Eastward from the current arc, and separated from ... Plate beneath the North American Plate creating the Aleutian trench and volcanic island arc (Credit: Alaska Volcano Observatory).

2018 FAIRBANKS — The Air Force and the Missile Defense Agency plan to spend nearly $70 million to upgrade a radar site at the far end of the Aleutian Islands that has been in use since 1976 and ...

A multimedia presentation and fundraiser at Lions Hall later this month will take people to the remote archipelago of the ...