Usually, renaming a place starts locally. The people in the state or county propose a name change and gather support. The ...

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 – ...

The Minnesota Supreme Court has sided with Democrats in a power struggle with Republicans over control of the state House of ...

The Parks Highway was closed in both directions north of Cantwell on Friday after debris from an avalanche crossed the ...

Their 5,000-mile snowmobile jaunt a couple of years ago was so adventurous, three Minnesota men, ages 67, 71 and 74, are set ...

A Wisconsin-based geographer writes in a commentary that in the U.S., place names are standardized by the U.S. Board on ...

Camp Menogyn was where Arneson got into canoe tripping. When she was 18, she went on a 50-day paddle journey through Nunavut, ...

A woman was indicted Thursday in the July 6 car crash that killed Minnesota Vikings rookie cornerback Khyree Jackson and two of his former high school teammates.

The family of a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border says he was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the ...

A new year means new resolutions, new opportunities and, importantly for travelers, new flights. Hawaii trips are set to get ...

President Donald Trump’s early executive orders called on federal agencies to bolster U.S. mining. President Donald Trump and ...

The downside to the Saturday game against the Warriors is UMass’ other Hobey Baker nominee, Aydar Suniev, left the game with ...