Galena

Mushers at the Galena checkpoint are visibly weary, but looking forward to pushing through to Nome on harder snowpack.

Many mushers opted to take their required 24-hour stop at the checkpoint and said they’re hoping for thicker snow coverage ahead.

Interior business owners and checkpoint volunteers are busy readying food and beds for Iditarod teams after race organizers’ last-minute decision to push the starting line north.

Alaska’s rural communities are increasingly looking to wind, solar and biomass to reduce their use of expensive diesel fuel to generate heat and…

(Fairbanks, AK.) The public radio station that serves middle Yukon River area communities is making due while the station’s building is being elevated.…

Three orphaned bear cubs are safely in captivity after being captured by state biologists over the weekend in Galena. Alaska Department of Fish and Game…

State Fish and Game biologists are in Galena trying to capture 3 orphaned bear cubs. The state initiated the effort after the cubs mother was reported…

Fairbanks, AK - More than 300 firefighters from across are Alaska are in California battling wildfires for at least the next two weeks. Most of them…