JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - The Alaska Army and Air National Guard have been assisting the Division of Forestry with fire suppression and additional support on the McKinley and Swan Lake ...

Flames from the Funny River Wildfire flare up on May 24, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The wildfire started unusually early in the season and burned nearly 200,000 acres on the Kenai Peninsula. (Photo by ...

(Anchorage, AK) - The Board of Forestry will meet by teleconference on Friday, Dec. 14 from 10 a.m. to noon to discuss the report from the Alaska Timber Jobs Task Force and prepare a response. There ...

A fast-spreading Alaska wildfire has destroyed up to 45 homes and forced authorities to restrict traffic on a major highway connecting two of the state's largest cities, state officials said on Monday ...

The Alaska Board of Forestry will hold its next meeting at 8 a.m. on Aug. 19, according to the Department of Natural Resources. A public comment period is scheduled for 1 p.m. The nine-member board ...

FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Division of Forestry is asking residents to limit their use of Interior Alaska logging roads during the muddy breakup season. Spring has arrived early in the Interior and ...

Alaska's Forestry Division has taken delivery of two Type 4 interface apparatus built by KME Fire Apparatus on Freightliner cabs and chassis. The 4x4 units are powered by Cummins ISL 300-hp engines ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Agencies monitoring wildfires in Alaska have downgraded the state to Preparedness Level 3 (PL3) as of Wednesday morning. July 24 - 11:15 a.m. All Evacuations and Temporary ...

Alaska's Forestry Division has taken delivery of two Type 4 interface apparatus built by KME Fire Apparatus on Freightliner cabs and chassis. The 4x4 units are powered by Cummins ISL 300-hp engines ...

A state plane transporting wildland firefighters crashed near Aniak in late May after the wrong type of fuel was put into the tanks just before takeoff, according to a federal report. Pilot Mark ...

Alaska is having a rough summer. Following a July that was Alaska’s hottest month on record, erratic and unusual precipitation totals have caused downpours in some parts of the state and sparked fires ...