A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map.

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...

Snowmachine racing has been around for a long time now. In 1968 the big race was the Midnight Sun 600 race from Anchorage to ...

Cissna Park’s Addison Lucht takes a selfie with her teammates at Friday’s practice after earning The News-Gazette’s Athlete ...

A team led by researchers at the University of Rochester and Columbia University analyzed rates of long-term nursing home ...

Perth Zoo's last female elephant has left for her forever home in South Australia. Locals report seeing sparking and smoke near a power transmitter close to Arthur River, where a bushfire ripped ...

Stearns County commissioners on Tuesday voted to approve a memorandum of understanding with the University of Minnesota Libraries so they could comb for racial covenants — clauses in property ...