Interior

Fall chum and coho fishing is closed across the Tanana drainage

Fall chum and coho fishing is closed across the Tanana drainage through year's end, a precautionary move after chum was listed as a stock of concern.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Usibelli seeks five more years at Two Bull Ridge near Healy, and the state is revising the cleanup bond

Usibelli's Two Bull Ridge mine near Healy is nearing the end of its pits, and as it seeks a five-year renewal, the state is revising its $5.4M cleanup bond.

by Alaska Newsadded 2mo ago2 min read

A floatplane went down in the heart of Katmai's bear country, and crews got it out before it could foul the salmon

A floatplane went down in Katmai's prime brown bear and salmon country, but crews pulled the wreckage and kept fuel out of the water. No one was hurt.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Yukon fall salmon fishing closes at the peak of the season, not for a weak run but to meet Canada's share

Yukon fall salmon fishing closed at the peak of the season for Interior households — not for a weak run, but because Canada's treaty share has to pass first.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

CDC orders $1.4 million more Atlanta construction from an Anchorage firm

CDC awarded Anchorage firm MTNT Construction $1.4 million in federal construction orders over five days in August, but the agency did not disclose what the work is for or where it will happen.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

Upper Koyukuk and Innoko villages can keep every salmon again starting Monday

Six Koyukuk River villages and Shageluk can keep all salmon they catch starting Monday after Fish and Game confirmed local chum are a different stock than Canadian-protected fall chum.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Wildland firefighters find Fairbanks man missing 19 days alive near Old Murphy Dome Road

Wildland firefighters found a 73-year-old Fairbanks man alive on Aug. 12 after he went missing for 19 days near Old Murphy Dome Road, while responding to the McCloud Fire west of the area.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Smokejumpers contained the McCloud Fire at one acre, and found a lost person during the initial attack

Tatlanika Fire, allowed to burn since June, now fought at 31,421 acres

Nineteen firefighters are cutting fuel breaks around a Native allotment as the Tatlanika Fire grows to 31,421 acres, with crews now protecting structures on the fire's south end.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Coal seam fire northeast of Healy grows to 71 acres with no crew assigned

A coal seam fire near Healy has grown to about 71 acres and can't be fought directly — the seam has burned underground for years, and no crew is assigned.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Dalton corridor suit is not over: groups appeal, and 700,000 acres remain in dispute

Alaska is set to gain Dalton Highway land promised at statehood, but conservation groups fight it on appeal, and tribes warn it strips subsistence rights.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Crews dug out Alaska's remote seasonal highways for summer, meeting in the middle of the Denali

Alaska cleared its remote seasonal highways for summer, with crews meeting in the middle of the 135-mile Denali Highway. A $1.25M federal grant paid for it.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A Fairbanks company owned by four Interior villages won a federal contract to replace a heat pump — in Boston

A Fairbanks firm owned by four remote Koyukuk River villages won a $30,780 federal contract to replace a heat pump, and the heat pump is in Boston.

by Melinda Communities.News3mo ago1 min read

UAF will study the landslides thawing under Alaska's pipeline

A UAF researcher will study why landslides start deep in thawing permafrost, aiming to protect Alaska's infrastructure — including the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.

by Melinda Communities.News3mo ago2 min read

A suction dredge permit off Nome is open for public comment through Aug. 18

A suction dredging permit for a small operation off Nome is open for public comment through Aug. 18, in waters where gold dredging has long been established.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min readFrom Aug 11

Follows: A new Nome dredge application enters the pipeline that just rejected a fiercely fought gold mine

The Air Force needs its Cold War-era Arctic radar towers inspected — the ones still watching Alaska's skies

The Air Force needs four Cold War-era Alaska radar towers inspected — 1950s sites still watching the Arctic, run by an Alaska Native corporation.

by Melinda Communities.News3mo ago2 min read

Wind advisory warns of 55 mph gusts on the Richardson Highway Sunday and Monday

Another… Another another wind story. It's gonna be windy. You live in Alaska - you kind of knew this was coming.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Old Chena Ridge Road closed for duration of roundabout construction

Road is closed, but only temporarily. One day.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Two Fortymile caribou zones will close after just 48 hours

Alaska closes Fortymile caribou hunt in Zones 1 and 4 on Aug. 21, just two days after opening, expecting to fill the 190-bull quota in that window.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Court says a tribe can't sue its health consortium in state court

The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Dot Lake Village can't sue the Tanana Chiefs Conference in state court — the health consortium has tribal sovereign immunity.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Tanana Chiefs benefits staff come to McGrath on 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 AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

A $1.8M grant to plan safer paths near Cantwell, with two catches

A $1.8 million grant will plan biking and walking paths on a dangerous Parks Highway stretch near Cantwell — but who runs it, and who'd plow them, is unclear.

by Melinda Communities.News3mo ago2 min read

A village corporation for four remote Interior communities just won the contract to run San Diego's border crossings

A company owned by four remote Koyukon Athabascan villages on the Koyukuk River just won nearly $10 million to run San Diego's U.S.-Mexico border crossings.

by Melinda Communities.Newsadded 3mo ago2 min read

A dollar-a-year lease would help stand up an American Legion post near Alaska's first state veterans cemetery

A dollar-a-year lease would help build an American Legion post in Salcha, beside Alaska's first state veterans cemetery — a 257-acre site for 12,000+ vets.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Fairbanks voters will weigh banning voting machines for hand counts

Fairbanks voters decide Oct. 6 whether to ban voting machines and hand-count all ballots — an initiative its backers call cost-saving and its critics contest.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Trench that killed two Delta Junction workers 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 Brown3mo ago2 min readFrom Jul 29

Troopers arrest Charles Yingst in Big Lake on warrants topping $2 million

Alaska State Troopers arrested Charles Yingst in Big Lake on Wednesday on warrants totaling more than $2 million for fraud and escape charges.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

King salmon fishing stays closed across the Tanana drainage

King salmon fishing stays closed across the Tanana drainage, with no change, as Yukon king runs remain at historic lows and escapement goals go unmet.

by Bill AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

A commission wants tougher riverbank protection than the developers asked for on a proposed Chena RV park

A Fairbanks commission wants tougher riverbank rules than a proposed Chena RV park's developers, and staff, sought — over how much to guard the water.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

NOAA pulled the plug on its 20-year Arctic climate record — and Alaska's scientists are scrambling to save it

NOAA cut its 20-year Arctic warming record, written largely by Alaskans — and UAF scientists are now scrambling to publish the 2026 edition themselves.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago3 min read

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 AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Burn permits suspended in Fairbanks, Delta and Tok areas

Alaska banned burning across the Fairbanks, Tok and Delta areas as the Interior dries out and high winds approach, with the Tatlanika Fire smoking the region.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

New $605k research asks why some Denali spruce survive the beetles

A spruce beetle outbreak has killed up to 60% of the spruce around Denali. New UAA research will dig into why some trees die and others survive.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Interior faces warmest stretch of summer as Tanana Valley smoke lingers

Interior Alaska is in its warmest stretch of summer, upper 70s to low 80s, with smoke from the Tatlanika Fire — though the advisory has expired and air eased.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Yukon fall chum and coho fishing closes as the Canadian-bound run comes in far below treaty levels

Yukon fall chum and coho fishing closes Saturday as the Canada-bound run falls far below treaty levels, deepening food-security strain for families.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

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 AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Collision closes northbound Richardson Highway at Milepost 352, detour via Badger Road

Big crash road closed

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

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 AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

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.News3mo ago2 min read

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 AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

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 AlaskaNews3mo ago3 min read