Alaska Life How did a famous hard-boiled crime author end up stationed on Adak during World War II? By David Reamer | Histories of Alaska Published: May 4, 2025 ...

Alaska News Alaska’s ‘Nazi Creek,’ a legacy of World War II, is set for a name change By Zachariah Hughes Published: April 7, 2025 Little Kiska Island (Tony DeGange/US Geological Survey, 2010) ...

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

Military leaders and a senator from Alaska have have discussed reviving a World War II-era base on Adak as part of the U.S. Arctic strategy.

The Aleut Corp., Adak’s regional Native corporation, signed an agreement in May 2025 to lease 3,500 acres to Pacific H2, an ...

On a desolate slab of island tundra in western Alaska, a resident of Adak will again become the last American to cast an in-person ballot for president, continuing a 12-year tradition for the ...

On a desolate slab of island tundra on Alaska's Aleutian Islands, a resident of a tiny village called Adak will again become the last American to cast an in-person ballot for president.

Adak Island has historical significance for its role in World War II. The U.S. built facilities on the island after Japanese forces took islands farther west in the Aleutian chain.

The creek is a mile-long stream on the southeastern side of Little Kiska Island, beside the bigger, more prominent Kiska Island 242 miles west of Adak at the far end of the Aleutian chain.

Apr. 7—This month, state officials voted unanimously to change the names of a creek and a hill on an Aleutian island in response to proposals arguing they were offensive and arbitrary. The ...