A: At about 268,596 square miles, Texas has reigned as America’s largest state from the time it was admitted, as the twenty-eighth state, on December 29, 1845, to the time Alaska was admitted, as the forty-ninth state, on January 3, 1959. That’s 113 years atop the heap—a pretty good run, if you ask the Texanist.

Alaska Airlines will soon offer flights from Portland International Airport to Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Here’s what to know.

Police are asking the public for information after Walton Hamilton, 51, was attacked by a group of people Aug. 1 near the Midtown Walmart.

A New York-based company pursuing LNG export projects in the Lower 48 said this week that it has a deal with the Alaska gasline agency to develop the state’s long-sought $44 billion Alaska LNG project.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, signed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in the final weeks of his term.

Alaska Airlines will initiate a route for Portland residents to travel to the fourth-largest city in the nation this year. A new daily, nonstop flight between Portland International Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston will be starting May 15.

Daily nonstop flights will soon be offered year-round between Oregon and Texas. Alaska Airlines will begin offering flights between Portland International Airport (PDX) and George Bush ...

The stranger was captured on a family’s doorbell and driveway cameras Saturday night, drawing concern from residents.

A group of 12 planetary scientists from across the country examined the Wedington Sandstone formations due to the similar shapes they share with a region of Mars called the Aeolis Dorsa.

Some of Trump's executive orders have an immediate policy impact. Others are more symbolic. Some already are being challenged by federal lawsuits.

U.S. officials say the Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days.

Orders pulled back approval of new wind leases, lifted restrictions on resource extraction and cut off money dedicated to electric vehicle charging. Their legality may be challenged, but climate advocates are preparing for the worst.