Tim Ellis

Officials with Black Gold and Kinross Alaska expressed relief in social media posts that no one was injured in the shootings. Kinross is part of the joint venture that mines the gold ore that the trucking contractor hauls.

Alaska State Troopers and U.S. Marshals arrested 18-year-old Darius Morgan Wednesday at a residence in Fairbanks.

U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs Mike Sfraga, speaks during the 2024 Anchorage Security and Defense Conference. Others on the panel include, from left, Randy "Church" Kee, director of the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies; Julie Kitka, former president of the Alaska Federation of Natives; Sfraga; and Justin Trudeau, former Canadian prime minister.

The Army has quietly scrapped a plan to replace Fort Wainwright’s old coal-fired heat and power plant.

The 965-foot Johnson River bridge, 42 miles south of Delta Junction, was built in 1944.

There are now a dozen K-135 Stratotankers parked in Tanker Row, in front of the 168th Wing's hangar at Eielson Air Force Base.

A polar walks along the an ice floe near Admiralty Inlet, in the Canadian far north, where author Neil Shea said he saw "narwhals, beluga whales, bowheads, polar bears -- everything that comes to the edge of the ice in the springtime."

Rangers got a report that the four climbers, part of a seven-member team, fell in the vicinity of Denali Pass at an elevation of about 18,200 feet, according to a news release from the park.

Golden Valley CEO Travis Million speaks during the May 5 annual members meeting at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks. Among other things, Million talked about the challenges of generating more electricity with during the cold winter of 2025-26 with diesel, a fuel that was becoming increasingly expensive.

Another climber died Sunday while descending from the summit. It was the fourth death on the mountain in four days. // An F-15 fighter pilot on Friday had to abort takeoff from Eielson Air Force Base. // Dilapidated schools in Alaska may get a big financial boost if Gov. Mike Dunleavy signs a an education bill. // 4. A bill to increase state funding for free legal aid for poor Alaskans has passed into law without the governor’s signature. // The deadline to sign up to run for statewide office is 5 p.m. today. // Dillingham independent Bryce Edgmon, the most senior member of the state House, is now running to represent southwest Alaska as a state Senator.