Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A smoke column from the Mukluk Fire is visible north of the Tok School. The fire, ignited by a downed power line, was first ...

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During summer in parts of Alaska, the sun shines for more than two months straight. The endless days are punctuated by the appearance of gigantic thunderheads that, many afternoons, seem to boil up ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU/KTVF) - Alaska had its lowest area burned by wildfire in 31 years in 2026, according to climate specialists who reviewed the season during a webinar hosted by the Alaska Center ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Thirty-thousand acres in a day sounds like a lot, but apparently it's not when you're talking about the still-growing 334,700-acre Boundary fire in Alaska's Interior. The ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Another 300 firefighters are joining the fray in Alaska against wildfires that threaten rural highway communities north and south of Anchorage. The ground reinforcements from ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An all-women’s fire crew is heading to Anchorage, Alaska, to help battle the more than 200 fires burning throughout the state. It's the first assignment for the 2019 BLM Women's ...

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A quiet year for Alaska wildfires is closing out in dramatic fashion with a late-season blaze that has burned homes and prompted evacuations in an Interior Alaska community. As of Thursday, only about ...