A remote Alaskan town close to the US-Canada border, where every resident lives in the same building, may finally no longer be so cut off from the rest of the world. The town of Whittier, located on ...

Imagine a town where almost everyone you know lives in your building, where you can visit the doctor, mail a letter, buy groceries, attend church, and send your kids to school without ever going ...

Whittier, Alaska, doesn't follow the typical town layout. There's no spread of neighborhoods, no clusters of homes, and no real sense of distance between residents. Instead, nearly the entire ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Coral Princess cruise ship towers over small boats docked at Whittier's harbor on July 16, 2025. The Princess ship is at the ...