Imagine living with all your classmates and the majority of your town’s population under just one roof. Imagine your local post office, grocery store and police station being just an elevator ride ...

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Whittier, Alaska, is a sleepy town on the west side of Prince William Sound, tucked between picturesque mountains. But if you're picturing a small huddle of houses, think again. Instead, on the edge ...

Whittier, Alaska is home to a little over 200 people. That, in and of itself, isn’t all that strange; there are plenty of small towns all over the country, to say nothing of the globe. What makes ...

A family of six in Whittier, Alaska – where almost all of the city’s residents live in one building – has contracted Covid-19, officials said. Owing to the unique history of Whittier, about 85% of the ...

Erika Fitzgerald reflects on her life in Whittier, where all residents live under one roof Erika Fitzgerald jumped at the opportunity to teach in Alaska after graduate school. She didn't expect she'd ...

Erika Thompson teaches grade school in Whittier, Alaska. Erika Thompson teaches grade school in Whittier, Alaska, a town where most people live and work in one building, and is only accessible by a ...

WHITTIER – They call Whittier "the strangest town in Alaska." The main reason for this reputation comes from the fact that about half of Whittier's residents live in a single building — Begich Towers.

Curving south from Anchorage, the Seward Highway leads drivers around the northern edge of Turnagain Arm, passing the ski town of Girdwood and the long tunnel to Whittier before crossing the Kenai ...

MIAMI -- Carnival Cruise Lines will begin using Whittier, Alaska, as a home port for the Carnival Spirit during its seven-day one-way cruises in Alaska. Previously, Carnival ships departed from Seward ...

Fire crews block off Harbor Loop Road to extinguish a fire on the Whittier fuel dock on July 4th, 2023. (Valerie Kern/Alaska Public Media). A fire broke out at a Whittier fuel dock on Tuesday, ...

Coast Guard crews have suspended the search for one person missing after an explosion and subsequent fire at Delong Dock in Whittier, Alaska, Monday. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard ...