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National Weather Service FairbanksDan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about the extreme climate of the Yukon Flats. -
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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NewsResearchers say they’ve built a model that could predict where permafrost thaw will lead to Alaska rivers turning orange and acidic. // Delta Junction Library Director Tiki Levinson has been honored by the Alaska Center for the Book for her efforts to promote literacy in the community. -
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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. -
Dan Bross talks to Rick Thoman about a recent funnel cloud, or possibly tornado, sighting in the Interior and the relative rarity of the occurrence in Alaska. -
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 Superior Court Judge Patricia Haines sentenced 63-year-old Michael Paschall to three years with one suspended and 10 years probation during a sentencing hearing Thursday at Rabinowitz Courthouse. -
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.
