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On Friday, the Fairbanks North Star Borough lifted the last remaining wildfire evacuation order in its purview.
Gwich’in panelist Edward Alexander explained how cultural burnings every two years can be used as preventive maintenance.
Smoke from the Ikpikpuk Fire is seen on June 23 in this satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. (Image provided by Ben Jones/University of Alaska Fairbanks) A lightning-sparked fire that has burned ...
Jun. 21—A bout of intense wildfire activity was triggering evacuations and threatening structures in Interior Alaska on Saturday as firefighting crews worked to protect communities, cabins and ...
Graphic from the Alaska's Changing Wildfire Environment 2.0 report, published in March 2025 by the Alaska Fire Science Consortium. Overnight minimum temperatures have seen a warming trend in Fairbanks ...
Alaska wildfire crews shifted focus to the Nenana Ridge Complex as the state's fire preparedness level dropped, while a boating accident on the Salcha River injured five firefighters and triggered ...
University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers analyzed almost a century of Alaska fire weather data and found that many of Alaska’s most extreme wildfire seasons started with an early snowoff ...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Himalaya Road Fire burning in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. The ...
A lightning-sparked fire that has burned about 2,000 acres of Arctic Alaska tundra is the biggest wildfire on the North Slope in eight years. The Ikpikpuk Fire, which bears the name of a 195-mile ...