Thunderstorms have moved through the Willow area where the 7,500 acre Sockeye Fire continues to burn, and lightning strikes have complicated firefighting efforts, igniting at least two more fires within 20 miles of the original fire fire officials say. By 8 pm on Tuesday evening, the Alaska Division of Forestry had already received reports of two […]
A Sterling fire, dubbed the Card Street Fire has grown to approximately 1,200 acres by late Monday evening. The fire, first ignited as a grass fire was reported as a one acre fire by Alaska State Troopers at 1:52 pm on Monday afternoon. But, the blaze grew to four acres by the time firefighters could […]
A two-acre fire in the Willow area north of Anchorage that was first reported on Sunday afternoon has grown tremendously in size and is now an estimated 6,500 acres on Monday. The blaze has been dubbed the Sockeye Fire, named after the avenue in Willow where the fire was initially sparked. The fire was human-caused, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Wednesday unanimously passed legislation introduced by Alaskan Congressman Don Young, Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Rob Bishop (R-UT) to provide long-serving temporary seasonal wild land firefighters and other seasonal employees with the same career-advancement opportunities available to other federal employees. H.R. 1351, the Land Management […]