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The state Department of Transportation and Public Facilities has imposed weight restrictions on two old bridges on the Richardson and Parks highways. State officials say that’s to protect them from being damaged by heavily loaded trucks that pull two or more trailers.
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Demand for electric vehicles is rising in the state, but owners in the Interior have limited charging options.
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A semi-tractor trailer that hauls gold ore hit the ditch Sunday after the driver lost control of the rig near milepost 1402 Alaska Highway, about 20 miles south of Delta Junction.
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NewsThe Summit Lake Wildfire has torched over 6,000 acres since it started last week, and it’s nowhere close to being contained.
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NewsU.S. Customs and Border Protection opened the Poker Creek Port of Entry Sunday. It’s the agency’s farthest-north border-crossing that connects the Taylor Highway in the eastern Interior to the Top of the world Highway in the Yukon, which leads to Dawson City.
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It’s springtime, and Alaskans are breaking out their all-terrain vehicles and hitting the trails. But Alaska State Troopers say a lot of those ATVs also are being driven on public roads. So they’re reminding those drivers that if they ride on roads, they must obey the law.
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A University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher says her research team’s recent study shows electric vehicles could benefit rural communities around the state that are off the road system.
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At a Wednesday meeting, the Fairbanks Area Surface Transportation Planning policy board voted to table indefinitely an updated operating agreement with the Alaska Department of Transportation.
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NewsDemand for electric vehicles is growing in Alaska, but a pause on federal funding for the chargers that power them could hold up key infrastructure projects.
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NewsThe city’s only ambulance service ended its contract with the city last month.
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NewsNobody was hurt, but the highway has been blocked from both sides for most of the day.
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