An Alaska fire incident management team is in the Lower 48 to oversee one of the nation's highest-priority wildfires as fire activity intensifies in the West.
The Department of Public Safety has identified the Alaska State Trooper who, the department says, fatally shot a man in Fairbanks last week after a short car chase.
Seven flight service stations across Alaska have been closed after the Federal Aviation Administration placed stations’ employees on administrative leave.
A residential fire in South Fairbanks last month has resulted in the death of one person, according to the City of Fairbanks Fire Department.
State investigators have accused 15 Alaskans and businesses of filing more than $1.8 million in fraudulent Medicaid claims in five separate cases.