The Army has quietly scrapped a plan to replace Fort Wainwright’s old coal-fired heat and power plant. Army officials decided in 2022 to replace the nearly 70-year-old facility. But they terminated that plan six months ago to comply with an executive order issued last year by President Donald Trump.

Their concerns range from habitat destruction to the loss of subsistence rights.

The officials stopped by the University of Alaska Fairbanks power plant, where they praised the Trump administration’s moves to roll back environmental regulations.

State officials are calling it a win for Alaska’s economic sovereignty, but some residents are worried about losing longstanding subsistence rights.

A semi-tractor truck pulling a tanker trailer wrecked Monday on a curvy stretch of the Dalton Highway about 250 miles north of Fairbanks.

A National Weather Service meteorologist said more alerts are likely closer to Thanksgiving.

The Army Corps of Engineers and its contractors have demolished the building that housed an old nuclear power plant on Fort Greely as part of the decommissioning process for the facility. They’re now preparing to remove highly radioactive materials from the site.

Representatives of four Alaska-based organizations will present a film and discussion this evening in Fairbanks about PFAS contamination in communities around Alaska – and worldwide.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold two meetings next week to present a progress report on the demolition and decommissioning of an old nuclear power plant on Fort Greely.

It’s been a week since the Interior Gas Utility received the first of four tankerloads of liquified natural gas from the North Slope. Observers called the shipments historic because it was the first time natural gas extracted and processed on the Slope was transported to market.And also because it was an important step in the utility’s transition to a sustainable source of the fuel.