(Anchorage) — Five wolf pups removed from the massive Funny River Wildfire have found a new home. The Minnesota Zoo, located south of Minneapolis-St. Paul in Apple Valley, Minn., has offered to accommodate the entire litter and will receive a permit to house them permanently. The pups—two females and three males—are currently receiving care at […]
According to the Alaskan Division of Forestry the Funny River fire was very active overnight (May 20) because of low humidity. Currently the fire is estimated to be near 7,000 acres and has reached Tustumena Lake. It is spreading east and west along the shore, is 10 miles long, and is about a mile wide […]
An early morning fire on Thursday took the life of one in Levelock according to the Alaska State Troopers. A call went in to the troopers at 3:32 am on Thursday morning reporting a structural fire with a possible fatality. Alaska State Troopers responded to the village at just before 9:30 am. An anchorage-based fire […]