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Beaver dams burst, blocking Richardson Highway with debris. Twice.
A beaver. (Creative Commons photo courtesy Larry Smith) Burst beaver dams caused landslides that blocked the Richardson Highway near Paxson — first on July 1, then again on Monday. Alaska Department of...
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‘Boondoggle’: financial woes may jeopardize proposed Alaska-Canada railroad...
A2A Vice Chair Mead Treadwell explains the project route in an April 2019 talk with the World Trade Center Anchorage. (Courtesy of Fyodor Soloview/InterBering.com) An ambitious plan to build a...
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World Eskimo Indian Olympics returns to Fairbanks for 60th anniversary
Kim Gumera of Unalaska kicking at 110 inches during the Native Youth Olympics in 2015. The high kick is one of the skills showcased at the World Eskimo Indian Olympics. (Photo by Zachariah...
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UAF team excavates Chena, the abandoned gold rush town that lost out to...
UAF archeologist Josh Reuther, center, examines an excavation at the Chena Townsite while term Assistant Professor Justin Cramb explains the technique to students and project volunteers, in background...
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Plan to lease land near Ester for mine draws ire from residents, recreators
Ester Dome Rd. uphill of the junction with Henderson Rd. (Ian Dickson/KTOO) An Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority decision to lease more than 10,000 acres north of Ester to an Australia-based...
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Labyrinth helps Fairbanks man through chronic pain
Ramey Wood shows a finger board labyrinth that uses a design similar to the labyrinth on his property. (Dan Bross/KUAC) The labyrinth constructed on Ramey Wood’s land in West Fairbanks is hidden by...
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Vaccine requirement for military slated for September
In April, Tanana Chiefs Conference donated hundreds of vaccine doses to Eielson Air Force Base. (courtesy of Eielson Air Force Base) U.S. military service members in Alaska and worldwide will be...
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Alaska redistricting board to start work on new maps with just released...
Multiple versions of redistricting maps considered in a public comment period during the 2011 redistricting cycle. (KTOO file photo) The U.S. Census released its reapportionment data for states this...
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California company parachutes packages into rural Alaska communities
A Dash package is dropped over an Alaska community in July, 2021. (Courtesy of Dash systems) A California-based technology company successfully dropped supplies from airplanes into remote towns and...
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Damaged plane makes emergency landing in Fairbanks after big mid-air drop
Fairbanks International Airport and Airport Way. (Creative Commons photo by Travis S.) A commercial plane carrying a pilot and 8 passengers was damaged in flight on a scheduled run between Fairbanks...
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Alaska biologists say wood bison reintroduced to the wild are thriving
Alaska wood bison. Wood bison are the largest native land mammals in the Western Hemisphere. (Photo by Laura Whitehouse/USFWS) State biologists completed an annual survey of the Innoko-Yukon River wood...
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Remembering Frank Soos, former Alaska Writer Laureate and creative writing...
Frank Soos (Photo courtesy of 49 Writers.) Former Alaska Writer Laureate and University of Alaska Fairbanks professor Frank Soos has died. Soos was on a solo bicycle ride in Maine last Wednesday when...
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Iconic Two Rivers Lodge burns as investigation into string of arsons continues
The Two Rivers Lodge burned in the early morning hours of Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. (Maisie Thomas/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner) The Two Rivers Lodge east of Fairbanks burned in the early morning hours of...
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Alaska-based military assets not participating in Afghanistan evacuation,...
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a July 24 stopover at Eielson Air Force Base after a tour of Alaska military installations. It was Austin’s first stopover on a weeklong visit to U.S....
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Alaska’s fastest electric vehicle charging station opens in Cantwell
The 50-kilowatt fast charger in Cantwell will recharge electric vehicles in about an hour. (Courtesy of ReCharge Alaska) Golden Valley Electric Association and a nonprofit that promotes electric...
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Alaska Air National Guard unit helps evacuate 1,700 people from Afghanistan
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster lll carrying Afghanistan evacuees arrives at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Aug. 22, 2021. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. William Chockey) The U.S. evacuation in...
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Fairbanks Pioneer Home reports 8 COVID-19 cases over past month
Fairbanks Pioneer Home (Photo from Department of Health and Social Services) The Fairbanks Pioneer Home has had four staff and four residents test positive for COVID-19 over the last month, according...
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Fairbanks hospital to require COVID-19 vaccine for staff as it wrestles with...
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital in May 2011. (Creative Commons photo by RadioKAOS) Foundation Health Partners in Interior Alaska is the latest health care provider to require all of its employees to get...
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Fairbanks hospital faces persistent staff shortages, higher turnover
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital in May 2011. (Creative Commons photo by RadioKAOS) Like health care facilities across the state and nation, Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, Tanana Valley Health Clinic and the...
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Two more Alaskapox cases reported in Fairbanks area
Images from 2017 article “Novel Orthopoxvirus Infection in an Alaska Resident.” The virus is also referred to as “Alaskapox.” Images A and B show the patient’s lesion in 2015. Images C–E show electron...
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