Representative Nick Begich said he intervened to block the lease termination for the building housing the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

Nearly 300,000 people in Alaska have been told to prepare for a possible volcano eruption with fears that Mount Spurr will ...

Residents of Alaska's largest town are 'getting ready for a volcanic eruption', after a scientist warned that it could be ...

Alaska residents are again being urged to brace themselves for a possible eruption of Mount Spurr. Following up on last week's warning, the Alaska Volcano Observatory reiterated in a series of ...

There are as many as 169 volcanoes that are deemed as 'active' across America's 50 states, but it is Alaska's 11,070-ft-high ...

When Mount Spurr last erupted, some light ashfall reportedly made its way to Juneau and airlines grounded flights for about a ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory has detected heightened ... and potential hazards for local communities. If Mount Spurr erupts, the most immediate threat would be to aviation.

Scientists say Mount Spurr, the closest volcano to Anchorage, is likely to erupt in the next weeks or months. If that happens ...