It is history now, but the Cold War, 1954 to 1974, was a very real deal. I would bet many of you reading this were not born yet. Most likely you were not alive when the Cuban Missile Crisis happened.

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...

SANDY HOOK - It was a typical day at work for Bill Jackson until an electric heater malfunctioned and a fire broke out. But this wasn’t just any job, and it wasn’t just any fire. It happened at the ...

MIAMI (Reuters) - In October 1962, as fears of mushroom clouds and radioactive fallout gripped the United States in the midst of the Cuban missile crisis, a battery of anti-ballistic missiles near ...

During the Cold War, the Army maintained a missile base at Fort Hancock on the northern end of Sandy Hook, the last line of defense against an attack on New York. While no hot war ever broke out with ...