CROWN POINT — The Lake County coroner's office has classified the deaths of the two Whiting residents killed Sunday morning in a mass shooting at a Hammond bar as homicides. Paul Oliveras, 25 ...

Civil War veteran Charles Raymond was 27 when he accepted an assignment to visit the new U.S. territory of Alaska, a place so ...

Charles Walker Raymond’s six-month mission in 1869 resulted in not only in the establishment of America’s newest trading post ...

Of all the road trips I’ve plotted in my travel writing career, the best had this in common: they were scenic, they were unhurried, and they capped each day beneath the cosmos. The following ...

More than forty years ago, writer and photographer Tim Palmer set out to write a biography of the Youghiogheny River. Known for white water rafting as well as industry, the Youghiogheny flows mostly ...

Later this spring, barges of heavy equipment will pull away from a launch on Alaska’s road system and begin a journey up the Yukon River. More than 100 miles upstream, a tributary, Birch Creek ...

The territorial government typically builds and maintains the official Yukon River ice crossing every winter, though some years it's not been possible because of ice conditions. Cross said people ...

Locally, the next race will be the Curley Memorial on July 12 and 13; which of course leads up to the AuSable River Canoe Marathon on July 26 and July 27. The News-Herald mobile app brings you the ...

Cross said barriers and signs have been erected at each end of the river crossing. Cross is encouraging people to follow the signs and stay off of the ice bridge unless told otherwise by the ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The Taste of Nations Food Festival takes place in Portland on May 10-11 ...