A little-known creek in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska had been officially named “Nazi Creek” for 80 years — until this week. Following a campaign by a local advocate, the creek was given a new name ...

The name “Nazi Creek” will no longer be used for federal databases or maps. On Thursday, the Domestic Names Committee for the ...

Little Kiska Island, at the far western end of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, is a remote speck of land that was heavily ...

Carl Tape's midsummer trek through ghost towns and newspaper clippings brings new insights to an earthquake nearly erased by time.

A small creek on Little Kiska Island has been renamed, more than 80 years after it was named by soldiers fighting in the ...

The US Board on Geographic Names has approved the renaming of ‘Nazi Creek’ and a nearby hill on Little Kiska Island, with ...

The renamed sites include a mile-long stream formerly known as “ Nazi Creek ” and a nearby summit previously bearing a ...

Anchorage Parks & Recreation installed a temporary bridge over Campbell Creek along the North Gasline Trail in Far North ...

Alaska’s Nazi Creek and Nip Hill now appear to be close to their expiration dates, as the federal board responsible for ...

Neither of those proposals is on the federal board’s agenda this month, nor is a proposal to rename “Nazi Creek” in the Aleutians. The Alaska Historical Commission approved that latter change in April ...

An Alaska man who was pinned face-down in an icy creek by a 318-kilogram boulder for three hours survived the ordeal with no major injuries, thanks in part to his wife's quick thinking and lots of ...