Agencies monitoring wildfires in Alaska have elevated the state to Preparedness Level 5, which is the highest level, as wildfire activity continues across the state.

As of Saturday, there were 205 active fires across the state. A total of 422,604 acres have burned so far this year — and ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU) - A Fairbanks woman was found dead this week after a raft overturned on the Chatanika River. The Department of Public Safety says they received a report Tuesday from a caller ...

Jun. 18—A Fairbanks woman died Tuesday when the raft she and another person were on overturned in the Chatanika River, Alaska State Troopers said. Troopers received a report on Tuesday of an ...

Alaska State Troopers are investigating after a 67-year-old woman died when her raft overturned on the Chatanika River north of Fairbanks. Rescue teams recovered the body; an autopsy is pending.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game opened a permit lottery for the Chatanika River personal use whitefish spear fishery permit last week. The permit lottery closes at 11:59 p.m.

But the winds were still pushing it toward the Chatanika River, where there are some cabins within about a mile. So they were very conscious of that and trying to steer the flames away.

POKER FLAT RESEARCH RANGE — Under a bluebird sky and perched above a resilient winter snowpack, two sounding rockets point upward, ready to blast through the thickness of our atmosphere to gain a ...

Conditions vary on the many fires burning across the state. Minto Lakes Fire information officer Kristen Allison reported less fire activity on the 32,000-acre blaze north of the Chatanika River.

Residents and visitors in the Chatanika River area were ordered on Wednesday to evacuate immediately because of the Minto Lakes Fire. That followed earlier evacuation advisories for different fires.