Air-resource adviser Seth Morphis has provided daily reports on Interior Alaska wildfire-smoke activity. (Interagency Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program/Screenshot) State and federal ...
For many Alaskans, spring’s warming temperatures and lengthening days stir a sense of apprehension about the threat of wildfires. Last season, just under 300,000 acres burned statewide, including high ...
A lightning-sparked fire that has burned about 2,000 acres of Arctic Alaska tundra is the biggest wildfire on the North Slope in eight years. The Ikpikpuk Fire, which bears the name of a 195-mile ...