McNeil River may allow wheeled planes; Juneau selects new fire chief finalists; Palmer Christmas parade rescheduled for Dec ...

Palmer Fire & Rescue announced the death of Chief Chad Cameron on Tuesday, sharing news of his passing and honoring his service to the community.

Alaska closed its summer with a wildfire season that was almost exactly normal. In all, 375 fires burned a little over 667,000 acres in Alaska, according to preliminary numbers, according to federal ...

Jun. 19—A lightning fire that started Thursday in Mat-Su was among dozens of new wildland blazes sparked around Alaska by thunderstorms, wind and high temperatures. The Mat-Su fire was located near ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection says there are over 40 new wildfires that are ablaze across the state. As of Tuesday afternoon, 41 new wildfires were ...

Cooler weather and downpours in the Interior this week brought residents some relief from the dozens of wildfires that are burning in the area. But firefighters say it's not over yet. And they're ...

Alaska wildfires burned more than 1 million acres this year, putting the 2025 season at about the average for recent decades. Alaska fire seasons of more than 1 million acres have become more frequent ...

Snow is melting early across much of Alaska this year, threatening snow removal companies in Anchorage and even moving the Iditarod starting line hundreds of miles north. It could also mean a big ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Agencies monitoring wildfires in Alaska have downgraded the state to Preparedness Level 3 (PL3) as of Wednesday morning. July 22 - 12:15 p.m. Ground crews have been working ...

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 ...

Almost 50 large wildfires are burning in a dozen US states from Texas to Alaska. The McKinley Fire, which has now spread to more than 4,300 acres in Alaska, has destroyed at least 80 structures so far ...

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 ...