The city of Nenana will host a celebration Saturday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of two important milestones in the history of transportation in Alaska

Fairbanks’s drone center is celebrating 25 automated flights to Alaska villages last month. The flights were made in a Cessna Grand Caravan, without a person in the pilot’s seat, (although there was a safety pilot ready to take over on every flight.) The tests demonstrated how emergency medicine, and eventually cargo, could be delivered across the state.

The State Department of Transportation will begin overnight closures of the Dalton Highway tonight to make some emergency repairs on the Koyukuk River bridge at milepost 188, near Coldfoot.

The state Department of Transportation has almost completed repairs on a stretch of the Dalton Highway near Deadhorse that was partially washed-out last week by the Sag River.

Kinross Alaska plans to start trial runs later this summer of ore-hauling trucks from its Manh Choh gold mine south of Tok to its mill north of Fairbanks to prepare for a full-scale hauling operations next summer. But a group opposed to the trucking plan says the company should wait until the state builds passing lanes and makes other safety improvements along the highway haul route.

The Sag River has again washed-out a stretch of the Dalton Highway, this time near Deadhorse. The state Transportation Department closed the highway Tuesday night and reopened it on Wednesday to one lane of traffic only.

The College Rotary Club is asking for donations of new and gently-used bicycles to give to the children of Ukrainian families who’ve relocated to Delta Junction.

‘A little bit of delay’ likely in construction zones around Denali National Park; bridge work scheduled for Elliott, Richardson highways

A new 81-million dollar intersection to improve traffic flow and safety is being designed for the Steese and Johansen Expressways.

A summer of road construction is planned by the state’s Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, but officials say Interior drivers won’t be as inconvenienced as last year. Projects are listed here: https://dot.alaska.gov/nreg/projects/