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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Rents are starting to drop as more apartment supply comes online, yet still remain perilously high for most low- and moderate-income renters.

By signing the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act into federal law, President Carter ended up protecting almost half of the land area of Alaska.

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

Portland International Airport (PDX) serves as a hub for Seattle-based Alaska, which operates around 100 daily flights to 58 destinations from the airport. From May 15, the carrier will launch daily Boeing 737 flights between PDX and Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH).

President Donald Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and the Alaska mountain Denali to Mount McKinley. What you need to know.