Volcanoes inspire awe with spectacular eruptions and incandescent rivers of lava, but often their deadliest hazard is what quietly falls from the sky.

An expert on Taiwan and China said there’s nothing unusual about an American governor or legislator traveling to Taiwan.

A new leasing program, to be unveiled soon, will include a reconfigured Arctic area, despite past problems with offshore ...

Recreational salmon fishing will be allowed in California for only brief windows of time this spring, an interstate fisheries ...

Bruce Tangeman writes in a commentary that an endowment model would protect the Permanent Fund from being overdrawn.

Spanning health care facilities to court systems, states and local communities are facing a rise in threats to cybersecurity.

Larger businesses would be exempted from the requirement, and seasonal workers would not accrue sick leave, under the proposed changes.

Along with vetoing an education funding bill, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy introduced new legislation with a lower per student ...

The bill Dunleavy vetoed would have increased the core of the state’s per-student funding by $1,000 in the funding formula.

At issue is a recently passed law that a federal judge temporarily barred Florida from enforcing, calling the arrest's ...