Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 3—Fires burning near Fairbanks and Healy in Interior Alaska grew this week, prompting new evacuations and Parks Highway ...

Firefighters work on two fires in different areas of Alaska ...

Earlier this summer, Interior Alaska wildfires were so widespread, Fairbanks resident Nettie La Belle-Hamer had to prepare a go-box in case the flames encroached too closely on her home. La ...

Alaska’s spring season varies greatly across the state: from deep snow and below-zero temperatures in Fairbanks and Delta Junction, to clear skies and snowy forecasts in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and ...

GROTON — Local firefighters have been sent to Alaska to battle a significant wildfire in the far northwestern state as part of a 20-person crew organized by the Massachusetts Department of ...

But seasonal wildland fire outlooks usually don't factor in lightning because local lightning forecasts are difficult and time-consuming to put together. A group of researchers at the University of ...

Cooler weather and downpours in the Interior this week brought residents some relief from the dozens of wildfires that are burning in the area. But firefighters say it's not over yet. And they're ...

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 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Hot, dry, windy weather fed several fires burning near Fairbanks and Healy in Interior Alaska on Wednesday after several days of cooler weather allowed firefighters to make ...