Alaska Desk

Nearly 400 firefighters are working to protect homes and infrastructure along the highway corridor between Nenana and Fairbanks.

Wet weather has been helping firefighters’ progress, but it’s also making air quality worse in the Interior

Many of Alaska’s almost 200 wildfires are gaining ground after last week’s colder, wetter weather helped firefighters beat them back.

Fairbanks Borough Mayor Grier Hopkins said it’s imperative that people get out when the orders come down.

Officials are still assessing the damage, but the Denali Borough mayor says he knows for certain that people have lost their primary residences.

The National Weather Service says Delta Junction and Tok will see the worst smoke over the next week.

Temperatures climbed into the mid-80s over the weekend, where they’re likely to remain until the end of the week.

Some of the park’s nonprofit partners say federal reductions in force this spring made it difficult to plan summer youth programs.

Wildlife managers, scientists and students are raising the alarm over the potential loss of Alaska’s cooperative fish and wildlife research unit.

The Summit Lake Wildfire has torched over 6,000 acres since it started last week, and it’s nowhere close to being contained.