It is 2,000 miles from Anchorage to the tip of the Aleutian Islands - which is geographically in the Eastern Hemisphere - and small communities spread across the region are some of the most isolated in the world.

...which is being joined in the name-change proposal by the Aleut Corp. "The current name Rat Island doesn't reflect the...Island. The Aleutian Pribilof Island Association and the Aleut Corp. have submitted their name-change proposal to the...

...bound for rivers to the north. Yupiks have fought for efforts to restrict commercial fishing in the Gulf of Alaska. The Aleut Corp. favors returning to a pre-1994 district which included Natives in the Aleutian chain with Kodiak, which shares...

ANCHORAGE (AP) -- The transfer of land on Adak Island to the Aleut Corp. moved forward Wednesday. The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved a bill to transfer 47,000 acres...