Whittier, Alaska, might be the most unusual town in America. Nearly 200 people share a single building that houses everything from classrooms to laundromats. Outside, the nearest city is accessible ...

Fire crews block off Harbor Loop Road to extinguish a fire on the Whittier fuel dock on July 4th, 2023. (Valerie Kern/Alaska Public Media). A fire broke out at a Whittier fuel dock on Tuesday, ...

Operation of the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, North America’s longest combined rail-highway tunnel, could be threatened by a government shutdown in Alaska. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News) ...

In Whittier, Alaska, the vast majority of the town's population live within the Begich Towers Condominium which also has its own post office, police station and ...