Yukon Training Area

The federal Alaska Fire Service and U.S. Army Alaska set fires in a big military training range near Fort Greely over the weekend. And they’ll probably ignite a few more blazes in training areas around Fairbanks over the next couple of weeks to reduce the amount of grass and other vegetation that could fuel bigger and more destructive wildfires.

Army officials are investigating the death of a soldier over the weekend during a field training exercise near Fort Wainwright.A U.S. Army Alaska news…