A total of 21 mushers have signed up for the 51st running of the historic Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, including defending champion Brent Sass, who did so remotely, as the lone competitor to have previously won the 1,000-mile trek to Nome.
The danger from the extended period of dry and hot weather is prompting fire weather warnings, dense smoke advisories and even a flood warning and advisory.
Just over two years ago, then-President Donald Trump pledged to come to Alaska to campaign against Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, as she ran for reelection. Now, Trump is set to fulfill his pledge in a rally set to be held next Saturday.
Fifteen Alaska local governments are set to share around $300 million to pay for old school construction costs as part of the budget passed by the Alaska Legislature last month that was signed into law by Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Tuesday.
A motorcycle ride spanning 22 days across 2,200 miles and 22 checkpoints raises awareness and funds to combat veteran suicide. The repetitive use of the number 22 is to represent the 22 veterans on average that take their own lives ever day across the nation.
A ceremony was held Monday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to transfer command of the 673rd Air Base Wing from Col. Kirsten Aguilar to Col. David Wilson.
The Anchorage Police Department told Alaska’s News Source that Duarte-Borden is not the man caught on security camera footage released by police showing a suspect they believe to be armed.
An air quality advisory is in effect for Anchorage from the State Department of Environmental Conservation and also includes a large swath of southcentral Alaska from Glennallen to Willow and south to Kenai. This will go through Friday afternoon.
The department said the blaze burned an ultra-low sulfur diesel that was being loaded into the tanker, and an unknown amount of fire suppressant foam and water mixture was used to put out the fire.
With little notice that the mayor’s office has decided to use the East Anchorage park for authorized use for homeless individuals this summer, it is causing alarm from community leaders, who now have decided to take action.
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Forestry has a new focus on combating wildfires by using emergency firefighters to conduct preventative efforts to reduce large, complex wildfires during the summer months
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has signed the budget for the fiscal year that starts on Friday, announcing over $400 million in vetoes to a spending plan that is partly predicated on the continuation of high oil prices.
Aside from wildfire smoke and haze, parts of Alaska are seeing some beautiful summer weather and warm daytime temperatures. Fire danger is high and a burn ban is in place in Anchorage.
A father’s six-year fight to expose what he calls “potentially deadly guardrails” came to an end on Tuesday in a Tennessee courtroom. Steve Eimers sued Lindsay Corporation, the manufacturer of the X-Lite guardrail, after his 17-year-old daughter, Hannah, was killed when her car slammed into an X-Lite guardrail in Tennessee in 2016.
The Anchorage Waterways Council is replacing aging recycling bins for people to deposit old fishing line and lead sinkers in an effort to keep them away from birds.
There are 144 active fires across the state, according to fire officials. Two new fires have flared up in the past 24 hours, adding to the 1,434,698 acres that have burned across Alaska this year.
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