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.

It was so cold across Florida on Thursday morning that temperatures in at least four cities were colder than in Alaska, but a desperately needed warmup was on the way for millions of Americans from Texas to Florida following a deadly winter storm unmatched in decades.

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Alaska Air Group has released details of its combined schedule for Alaska and Hawaiian airlines, with adjustments beginning to take effect in March. In an email to Pacific Business News, Alex Da Silva, Hawaiian director of external communications, listed the current Hawaiian routes that will be replaced with Alaska services later this year.

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

Donald Trump used an executive order on Monday to rename two American landmarks. In one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump used an executive order on Monday to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Denali in Alaska.

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

President Donald Trump declared a national energy emergency Monday before signing a flurry of executive orders aimed at increasing the production of oil and other fossil fuels, saying it would reduce costs for Americans stung by inflation.

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 ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday shortly after his inauguration calling for the Gulf of Mexico to be renamed the Gulf of America, and Denali, the tallest peak in the United

The main US stock measures were mostly pointing lower before Thursday's opening bell as traders await the latest round of corporate earnings. Standard & Poor's 500 declined 0.2% and the Nasdaq was off 0.

Western’s cross country and track-and-field programs are on an unprecedented run. They have already set a conference record with seven straight conference champion sweeps, winning every men’s and women’s team title in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field since fall 2023. Some think this team might wind up the best in school history.