ALASKAN singer James Varsos passed away at 68, three weeks after announcing his battle with terminal cancer. Varsos, best known as Hobo Jim on stage, was one of Alaska‘s most famous guitar players.

This time last year, Maggie Rogers was just a college senior trying to finish her homework when she got some life-changing feedback. “I’ve never heard anything that sounds like that,” Pharrell ...

It’s good to be home. Seven years after leaving her hometown of Homer, Alaska, singer-songwriter Jewel Kilcher, better known as Jewel, is reuniting with her family on the homestead in the new season ...

Tim Easton’s music might make the most sense bouncing off boot-worn, whiskey-soaked wooden floors, but Wednesday it will feel at home among occasionally soda-speckled tile and an overstuffed sofa. The ...

WASILLA -- John Gourley, 30, is standing in the lobby of Wasilla High School. Back for the first time since he dropped out.Wrestling practice has ended and boys with backpacks linger outside the gym, ...

JUNEAU — He could be considered the Justin Bieber of Alaska. Teen Internet sensation Byron Nicholai is a Yup’ik Eskimo from Toksook Bay, a tiny island just off Alaska’s mainland in the Bering Sea. The ...

While most creative talents leave Alaska for the chance of more exposure in big cities, Emma Hill is not only making a living as a musician in her home state, she's thriving. Hill grew up in the small ...

It's good to be home. Seven years after leaving her hometown of Homer, Alaska, singer-songwriter Jewel Kilcher, better known as Jewel, is reuniting with her family on the homestead in the new season ...