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Fairbanks inventors patent an ultra-light meal for the backcountry
Fairbanks scientists and a hunting expert patented a powdered meal for people who burn more calories than they can carry: hunters, racers, special ops.
by Melinda Communities.News6d ago3 min readAI
Old Chena Ridge Road closed for duration of roundabout construction
Alaska DOT&PF has fully closed Old Chena Ridge Road at the Chena Small Tracts Roundabout site, with the closure set to last as long as construction continues. The Friday notice names no end date and no detour route.
by Walter AlaskaNews10h ago1 min readAI
State alert says Delta Junction trench that killed two had no cave-in protection
Two Delta Junction workers died in a 13-foot trench with no cave-in protection, violating federal safety standards that require protective systems in excavations deeper than 5 feet.
by Lucas Brown15h ago3 min readAI
Alaska Supreme Court rules Tanana Chiefs Conference immune from member village's lawsuit
Alaska Supreme Court ruled Friday that Tanana Chiefs Conference holds tribal sovereign immunity and cannot be sued in state court by member village Dot Lake over bylaws disputes.
by Maggie AlaskaNews10h ago2 min readAI
TCC benefits staff visit McGrath Aug. 17-20, with a family night Wednesday
Tanana Chiefs Conference benefits staff visit McGrath on Aug. 19 to meet families and explain programs for employment, cash assistance, and education in person.
by Maggie AlaskaNews12h ago1 min readAI
Alaska 511 logs a fire investigation labeled EAGLE with coordinates near Juneau, not Eagle
Alaska 511 opened a wildfire investigation near Eagle on Thursday with no acreage or cause confirmed yet.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago1 min readAIInterior Native Vote pushes turnout for the Aug. 18 primary
Interior Native Vote is working to boost Native turnout for Alaska's Aug. 18 primary — a Fairbanks mixer drew 200-plus — as early voting opens.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4d ago2 min readAI
A company is drilling near Cantwell for the source of half a million ounces of gold
A company wants to drill near Cantwell for the lost source of 500,000+ ounces of gold pulled from the Valdez Creek district's creeks.
by Maggie AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
Motorcyclist killed in left-turn crash at Geist and Loftus in Fairbanks
A motorcyclist died Saturday at the intersection of Geist Road and Loftus Road in Fairbanks after colliding with a vehicle turning left.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Fairbanks rezone would swap 50-foot river strip for 25-foot overlay
Fairbanks would shrink riverfront protection from 50 feet to 25 feet to allow a campground and RV park on the Chena River's north bank. • A borough commission recommended stricter rules requiring permits for vegetation clearing and bank work. • Public testimony is Aug. 25 at 6 p.m.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1d ago3 min readAI
Smokejumpers contained the McCloud Fire at one acre, and found a lost person during the initial attack
Eight smokejumpers and two helicopters responded Wednesday to a half-acre fire burning 12.5 miles west of Fox, with no structures threatened.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2d ago1 min readAI
Fairbanks borough voters to decide hand count and November election date Oct. 6
Fairbanks North Star Borough voters will decide Oct. 6 whether to move municipal elections to November and require hand counting of all ballots instead of electronic tabulation.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago2 min readAI
Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly weighs hand-count pamphlet text
Fairbanks voters decide in October if hand counting replaces machines. The Assembly meets Thursday to finalize ballot language.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago2 min readAI
Want to spear whitefish by lantern light? The permit deadline is Friday
Alaska households have until Friday to enter the lottery for 400 permits to spear whitefish by lantern light on the Chatanika River this fall.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Fairbanks borough moves to study rural emergency coverage it flagged in 2018
A 2018 borough plan flagged spotty rural emergency coverage around Fairbanks. Seven years on, the borough is finally moving to study a fix — one that could redraw who covers whom.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago1 min readAI
Anchorage and Fairbanks airports finish swapping PFAS foam out of crash trucks
Anchorage and Fairbanks airports replaced PFAS firefighting foam in their crash trucks with fluorine-free alternatives, cutting PFAS levels up to 99.999% in the tanks.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3d ago2 min readAI
A new gold claim would push mining into a creek the government has spent a decade repairing for fish
A two-person gold operation wants to mine farther down a Fortymile creek the BLM has spent a decade repairing for fish — a decision that's Alaska's to make, in a Wild and Scenic River corridor.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4d ago3 min readAI
A UAF fix for the battery-and-generator clash in village grids
When villages add batteries to diesel plants, the two can 'fight' and destabilize the grid — a UAF researcher is testing a fix to cut rural diesel use.
by Melinda Communities.News3d ago2 min readAI
Parks Highway drops to one lane at Nenana's Tanana River Bridge Aug. 18
Are you driving down that specific road, look at the story… Are you not driving down that specific road, probably not about you
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago1 min readAI
Eielson security design bid requires Honeywell training, no small-business set-aside
Alaska firms bidding on a $25 million security-system design job at Eielson Air Force Base must have Honeywell training credentials and active security clearances, with proposals due Aug. 25.
by Alaska News3d ago3 min readAI
Placer mining sought on Glacier Creek near Candle, with comments due Aug. 26
Alaska DNR received a placer mining application for Glacier Creek in the Fairhaven district, opening a multi-agency review that may or may not result in approval.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2d ago2 min readAI
Eielson airshow returns this weekend, with brief highway stops for the flyovers
Eielson's Arctic Lightning Airshow flies this weekend, free and open to all. Drivers on the Richardson Highway near the base should expect brief stops during the flyovers.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Tatlanika Fire smoke reaches Fairbanks, 39 miles away
Smoke from the Tatlanika Fire, burning 982 acres 39 miles southwest of Fairbanks, is now visible in Fairbanks and Nenana, though no structures are threatened in its limited-response zone.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Burn permits suspended in Fairbanks, Delta and Tok areas
Alaska Division of Forestry suspended burn permits in Fairbanks, Delta and Tok areas starting Wednesday due to critical fire conditions, with no end date set.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2d ago4 min readAI
Crews deploy to protect Native allotment near Tatlanika Fire
A remote Alaska fire left to burn has grown nearly 30-fold to 28,168 acres and now threatens a single Native allotment, drawing 14 firefighters to protect it.
by Maggie AlaskaNews6d ago1 min readAI
A war half a world away is about to freeze into rural Alaska's winter fuel bills
Rural Alaska buys a year of fuel in one summer barge delivery, so the Iran-driven price spike will lock into winter bills — with heating fuel hitting $15/gallon in some villages and the state's main subsidy covering none of it.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago4 min readAI
Another round of damaging wind is headed for the Interior
More big wind for the Interior, with 70 mph gusts possible around Delta Junction and the Alaska Range. Trees, power lines and high-profile vehicles all at risk.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Troopers issue Silver Alert for missing 73-year-old near Fairbanks
Alaska State Troopers are searching for Rodney Rutherford, 73, last seen at 11:30 p.m. Friday near 4805 Murphy Dome Road outside Fairbanks. Troopers ask anyone with information to call the Fairbanks post at 907-451-5100.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
A missing Wasilla man was found alive in a car in Delta Junction
A Wasilla man missing since July 21 was found alive in Delta Junction — in a car that had sat parked for nearly a day before anyone checked.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Sheep mortality has run near triple its long-term rate in three Alaska ranges, state research finds
A GPS collar on a Dall sheep ram triggered a mortality signal, leading state biologists to a kill site showing signs of bear predation in the Alaska Range.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3d ago2 min readAI
Soccer came home this summer — Where to watch the World Cup in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is happening across North America with viewer-friendly Alaska timing, and Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau have free or easy watch parties through mid-July.
by Cale Green1mo ago3 min read
Troopers: Fairbanks man, 79, injured in Old Nenana Highway motorcycle crash
A 79-year-old Fairbanks man was injured Wednesday in a motorcycle crash on Old Nenana Highway and taken to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Alaska's stacked weekend of BIG EVENTS
Get out of your house. Like, summers gonna be done soon. What're you waiting for?
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
The company behind Fort Knox is prospecting for gold near Delta Junction
The Kinross subsidiary that runs Fort Knox, Alaska's biggest gold mine, wants to drill for a new deposit near Delta Junction, in a salmon-bearing river drainage. It's exploration, not a mine yet.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Chatanika River whitefish spear lottery opens July 27
Everyone loves the lottery - this one for Fish
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min readAI
Tanana's rebuilt village clinic has opened
Tanana's village health clinic has reopened after a tribe-led rehabilitation of a building that needed structural repair, one of nearly 40 clinics TCC runs in the Interior.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Fairbanks man killed after trooper opens fire during early-morning pursuit
Alaska State Trooper shot and killed a man in Fairbanks early Monday after a 90-second vehicle pursuit ended on a dead-end street and the driver turned toward the officer. • This is the second officer-involved fatality in Fairbanks in two weeks. • The Alaska Bureau of Investigation is conducting the investigation; the Office of Special Prosecutions will independently review findings.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Wind advisory remains in effect for Windy Pass with gusts to 65 mph
WINDY AGAIN, SUCKERS
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Helicopter sinks in Chelatna Lake; bystander pulls both survivors from water
A helicopter sank in Chelatna Lake near Skwentna on Sunday after a boater pulled both occupants from the water; both survived with minor injuries.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min readAI
Interior faces warmest stretch of summer as Tanana Valley smoke lingers
NWS Fairbanks forecasts highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s from Wednesday through the weekend across the Interior, with wildfire smoke already degrading air quality in the middle Tanana Valley and light winds unlikely to move it out.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3d ago2 min readAI
