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Shelby Herbert/KUACThe drilling project would take place near Delta Junction and the Delta River. -
Patrick Gilchrist/KUACA major supplier of firewood in Fairbanks says it will wind down its kiln-dried firewood operation by the end of the year. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy called lawmakers back for a third special session on Thursday. // U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained a state of Alaska lawyer who is originally from China, according to ICE officials. // It's likely that Alaska – and the rest of the globe – will see a very strong El Niño climate pattern this fall and winter. // The latest campaign finance data in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race show Democrat Mary Peltola has vastly outraised incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. // The state is appealing a federal judge’s decision to award $1.8 million in attorney fees to several Native organizations in a lawsuit over subsistence fishing rights.
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NewsAn 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. -
NewsThe deployment comes during an unusually quiet Alaska fire season, allowing crews to head south to help contain the devastating Aspen Acres Fire. -
A measure to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting will be on the ballot again this November. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill Thursday that would've reimposed limits on state-election campaign contributions. // The ex-chief of a Delta Junction-area volunteer fire department was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for stealing $440,000 dollars from the organization. //An false AI-generated story of a beluga whale escaping Seward's Alaska SeaLife Center got millions of views on social media last month. -
NewsFairbanks officials read the Declaration of Independence aloud in sync with numerous communities across the United States, and the remains of an unidentified WWII soldier are headed to a forensics lab for possible identification. -
NewsThey’re trying to figure out whether climate change is making swimmer’s itch more common in the places where many locals spend their summer afternoons. -
Preliminary work on Interior Alaska’s new veterans cemetery began early last month, after years of effort to locate land and obtain funding for a state cemetery in the Interior. But the project is now officially underway, since a groundbreaking ceremony was held at the site in Salcha on June 20. -
NewsInterior Alaska’s new veterans cemetery is under construction, and Fairbanks scientists are tracking a parasite that lives in local swimming holes and triggers an itchy rash. -
NewsA rare funnel cloud was spotted in a remote area south of the Denali Highway Saturday evening. // The Alaska House ethics committee says Homer Republican Rep. Sarah Vance likely violated state law when she criticized a local newspaper’s coverage of a Charlie Kirk memorial. // President Trump has pardoned a diesel mechanic from Wasilla who was convicted of removing pollution-control equipment from diesel vehicles. // Nearly twenty years ago, a California couple set out to play a game of croquet on the lawn of every state capitol. They finished that quest in Juneau last month. -
NewsThe Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly has authorized administration to lease a vacant building to the charter school at the center of an ongoing court battle. // Alaska’s food assistance program had the highest payment error rate in the country last year. // An economist at the University of Alaska Anchorage found Alaska’s federal workforce shrank almost 16% between April 2024 and April 2026. // Some states showed out at the Great American State Fair in Washington D.C. But Alaska’s booth is underwhelming.
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Fairbanks Police on Wednesday identified three officers involved in the fatal shooting of a man last weekend at the Bentley Mall. // Alaska lawmakers failed to meet an informal deadline Wednesday to vote on legislation that would reduce taxes for the Alaska LNG project. // Alaska is hosting dozens of celebrations of America’s 250th anniversary this week, including a series of events recognizing the history of baseball in the Last Frontier.
