A female hiker lost her life in the Teklanika River along the Stampede Trail near Healy on last Thursday AST reports. According to the trooper report, they were notified just before midnight on Thursday by 24-year-old Piotr Markielau that his wife, 24-year-old Veranika Nikanava, had been swept away and drowned in the river. At […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Members of the Alaska National Guard assisted in the evacuation of Rainy Pass Lodge Tuesday night/Wednesday morning as a wildfire from a lightning strike two miles away spread toward the lodge where youth were attending a summer adventure camp. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center was made aware of the […]
Image-Timothy Twohy and his aircraft. Image-AST After having disappeared without any trace for four and a half months, an aircraft with the tail number N7469A was reported found in the Alaska Range outside of the Rainy Pass area this week and Alaska State Troopers, NTSB, and FAA investigators responded to the crash site on […]
A resolution to develop a climate action plan in the Fairbanks North Star Borough will be introduced to the borough assembly on July 25 by members Marna Sanford and Leah Berman Williams. A similar plan was approved by the Anchorage City Council in May. The resolution asks the Borough to assemble a task force […]