The lobby of The Roosevelt Hotel has been transformed into a Christmas Wonderland. Hundreds showed up Tuesday night for the annual lighting ceremony. The lobby is now lined with white birch branches ...

Paper birch trees, members of the genus Betula, are prized in Northern states for their beautiful bright white bark with black banding. Another standout is the river birch B. nigra. The cultivar ...

FAIRBANKS — It’s not always easy to string the lights on a Christmas tree. Especially when the tree is taller than a house and has more branches than a bank. This particular tree-lighting exercise ...