ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Groves Salmon Charters LLC, a fishing guide service in Copper Center, Alaska, paid $900,000 to resolve a lawsuit brought by the U.S. alleging the company negligently ignited the Klutina River Fire in 2019. The settlement requires Groves Salmon Charters LLC and a fishing guide employed by Groves to pay for damages incurred […]
At approximately 1:19 pm on Saturday afternoon, Alaska State Troopers were notified of a serious two-vehicle collision on the Parks Highway and they responded to the scene along with Wildlife Troopers and Fire/EMS. When they arrived at the scene at mile 183 of the highway they found both vehicles engulfed in flames and one driver […]
University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have released a study of options to greatly reduce carbon emissions from electricity generation in Alaska’s Railbelt region by 2050. Researchers with UAF’s Alaska Center for Energy and Power analyzed four scenarios that use a combination of upgraded transmission lines, hydro projects, wind, solar and battery capacity: Business as usual: Relies […]
The 50th Festival of Native Arts will be held at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Troth Yeddha’ Campus on Feb. 22-24, 2024. The festival’s theme this year is Troth Yeddha’ Forever: Our Ways of Life. UAF’s Fairbanks campus sits on Troth Yeddha’, or “wild potato ridge,” in the ancestral lands of the Lower Tanana Dene’. The theme not only […]