Alaska is far from the actual north pole as well as the magnetic north pole. However, it’s still a special place during Christmas as it’s “where the spirit of Christmas lives year-round ...

Santa’s visit to Circle, in northeastern Alaska, went off without a hitch. Severe weather prevented a visit to Crooked Creek, in the southwestern part of the state, but Christmas was saved when ...

Sullivan spent about 15 minutes explaining how the Capitol Christmas Tree — taken from the Tongass National Forest near the Southeast Alaska community of Wrangell — was selected and how it’s ...

YAKUTAT, Alaska (AP) — Forget the open-air sleigh ... and a camouflaged Humvee from the airport to Yakutat to deliver Christmas to children in the Tlingit village. The visit was part of this ...

YAKUTAT, Alaska — Forget the open-air sleigh overloaded with gifts and powered by flying reindeer. Santa and Mrs. Claus this week took supersized rides to southeast Alaska in a C-17 military ...