Hazel Sutton was eating lunch on an island at Tanana Lakes Recreation Area in Fairbanks with her family recently when a bird caught her eye. At first, she figured it was a semipalmated sandpiper, an ocean bird that migrates to Interior Alaska each spring to create more sandpipers. Then she squinted and figured that the […]
The first volcano scientists of an international team deposited on a Southeast Alaska island by helicopter Sunday quickly learned they had an unwanted presence to contend with. A grizzly. And this one wouldn’t move from its position about 100 yards from the beach site where the scientists and their instruments were gathered. “We were just […]
Join AFN for a discussion with Scott Lindsey, Regional Director for NOAA/NWS Alaska Region Headquarters on Monday, June 12 at 1:00 p.m. The discussion will cover a Service Change Notification informing the public that the final Alaska Weather TV broadcast will air on June 30, 2023. Starting July 1, NWS will share the updated video […]
The Alaska Department of Health Weekly COVID-19 and Influenza Update has been updated with data from the week of May 28 – June 3, 2023 and can be viewed here. COVID: COVID-19 transmission continues to occur in many communities across Alaska, although overall case counts continue to slowly decline. Most COVID-19 in Alaska at this […]