May 17th, 2026: Statewide Fire Report. Risk Of Fires Grows In Spring

May 17th, 2026: Statewide Fire Report. Risk Of Fires Grows In Spring

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Report From Alaska Wildland Fire Information Site There Have Already Been 53 Reported Wildfires As Of  May 17th, 2026  Alaska Wildland Fire ...

With Higher Prices & Need For Good Food, Do What Alaskans Have Done Since The Gold Rush Days – Grow Potatoes

With Higher Prices & Need For Good Food, Do What Alaskans Have Done Since The Gold Rush Days – Grow Potatoes

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Dip Into Self-Sufficiency This Summer By Growing Some Classic Alaskan Potatoes  Potato harvest in Sitka in 1900. (Alaska State Library).   F...

Troopers Say 59-Year-Old Anchorage Man Stole A Vehicle In Tazlina

Troopers Say 59-Year-Old Anchorage Man Stole A Vehicle In Tazlina

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Vehicle Has Been Recovered, Troopers Say  Location:   Glennallen  Type:  Vehicle Theft 1st Degree, DWLR  Dispatch Text:  On 05/15/2026 at ap...

It's Definitely Fire Season. Two Fires Apparently Started 'During Military Training' In Training Area On Chena Hot Springs Road

It's Definitely Fire Season. Two Fires Apparently Started 'During Military Training' In Training Area On Chena Hot Springs Road

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  USWFS Monitoring Two Small Fires in Yukon Training Area  BY  U.S. WILDLAND FIRE SERVICE   on   MAY 14, 2026   The Lynx 2 Fire is burning a...

Alaska Needs Hundreds Of Foreign Teachers. Feds Want To Penalize Them By Charging Massive Amounts To Enter Country

Alaska Needs Hundreds Of Foreign Teachers. Feds Want To Penalize Them By Charging Massive Amounts To Enter Country

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  EDUCATION GOVERNMENT & POLITICS   ALASKA IN BRIEF  Alaska Legislature passes resolution urging Trump administration waive visa fee for...

One Square Mile, Half Billion Dollar Data Center Proposed For North Slope. One Of The Biggest & Most Power-Hungry In The U.S.

One Square Mile, Half Billion Dollar Data Center Proposed For North Slope. One Of The Biggest & Most Power-Hungry In The U.S.

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  A huge data center could rise on Alaska’s North Slope  The $500 million project could consume twice as much natural gas as urban Alaska’s ...

Graduation Schedules: Upstream Correspondence, Kenny Lake School & Glennallen

Graduation Schedules: Upstream Correspondence, Kenny Lake School & Glennallen

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 This Is Graduation Week  Mid-May, 2026  Upstream Learning   All Day May 13th  Kenny Lake School Thursday, May 14th 6 pm to 7 pm Glennallen ...

Serious Medevac After Collision With Pickup & Camper Trailer At Mile 33, Chistochina

Serious Medevac After Collision With Pickup & Camper Trailer At Mile 33, Chistochina

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Driver Of Side-By-Side 4-Wheeled Off-Road UTV Badly Injured, Troopers Say  Location:  Chistochina  Type:  MVC-I  Dispatch Text:  On 5/8/26, ...

Copper Valley Chamber Open House On Saturday, May 16th

Copper Valley Chamber Open House On Saturday, May 16th

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Visitor Center Opens May 15th, 2026  Come To The Visitor Center Open House On Saturday, May 16th 11 am to 3 pm  Stop By For Some  Live Music...

Opioid Awareness Workshop To Be Held On May 20th, At Kenny Lake School

Opioid Awareness Workshop To Be Held On May 20th, At Kenny Lake School

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We would like to encourage Kenny Lake School parents and caregivers to join their child(ren) in grades 6 –11  at   Kenny Lake School  to par...

Plastic Recycling Collection Day Is Saturday, May 16th

Plastic Recycling Collection Day Is Saturday, May 16th

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Mat-Su School District Thinks That 150 Gun-Carrying Teachers & Staff Might Cost Them $700,000

Mat-Su School District Thinks That 150 Gun-Carrying Teachers & Staff Might Cost Them $700,000

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  Proposed Mat-Su armed teacher program could cost $700,000  Costs for the program include about $133,000 in startup fees as the school dist...