Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
Dan Bross is a reporter at KUAC in Fairbanks.
Cool, Damp Weather Assisting Stuart Creek 2 Firefighters
Cooler damper weather is helping fire fighters working the Stuart Creek 2 wildfire outside Fairbanks. Alaska Fire service information officer Bernie Pinetta says the focus remains along the blaze’s northeast perimeter, where spot fires were corralled Tuesday.
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Flood Warning Issued In Brooks Range
Heavy rain is swelling streams in the Brooks Range. National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Brader says a flood warning was issued early this morning for the region where precipitation began over night.
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Recovery Process Continues On ‘Sandbar Mitchell’
A Michigan based team in Fairbanks is recovering and restoring what’s left of an historic aircraft known as “Sandbar Mitchell.” Before starting their work, the group placed a plaque at the site of the plane crash that occurred on a Tanana River sandbar near Fairbanks 44 years ago. It remembers the Mitchell B-25 bomber that went down while in service as a fire fighting air tanker on June 27th 1969.
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Galena Residents Gradually Return To Rebuild
It’s been nearly a month since an ice choked Yukon River overflowed its banks and flooded Galena. The ice bergs have melted and the river looks docile, but many people remain displaced by what it did. Most flood refugees are living outside the village, but more and more are coming back to rebuild their lives.
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Lightning Strikes Ignite More Wildfires
The Alaska Interagency Fire Coordination Center is reporting dozens of new wildfires in the state.
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Tularemia Cases Reported In Delta Junction
A snowshoe hare has tested positive for Tularemia in Fairbanks. The sick animal was found by member of the public and brought it to a local vet, where it was dead upon arrival.
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Alaskans Dealing With Large Mosquito Crop
Anchorage residents are complaining of more mosquitoes this year than usual. And Interior Alaska residents are also dealing with what appears to be an unusually large mosquito crop. University of Alaska Museum curator of insects and professor of entomology Derek Sikes says there’s no scientific data to back it up, but that’s the local talk.
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State To Receive Brief Relief From Heat Wave
Some relief from the heat is in the forecast, followed by even hotter weather. National Weather Service forecaster Carey Freeman in Fairbanks says high pressure that’s brought record warmth to mainland Alaska this week will be briefly interrupted this weekend.
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Wildfire Near Chena Hot Springs Road Prompts Massive Response
A wildfire east of Fairbanks is drawing a massive air and ground response. The Kanuti fire started in a neighborhood off Chena Hot Springs Road, near Mile 17.
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Fairbanks Natural Gas Releases Trucking Project Details
Fairbanks Natural Gas has released details of a North Slope to Fairbanks gas trucking project proposal. The documents lay out costs and components of a system to treat and liquefy gas, including propane, and load it onto tanker trucks for shipment south.
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Hot, Dry Weather Amping Up Wildfire Conditions
Quick action by fire fighters is credited with keeping a wildfire away from homes and cabins near Harding Lake south of Fairbanks. The fire is one of few getting attention as hot dry weather amps up wildfire season in the Interior.
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Hot Weather Increases Fire Danger
A forecast heat wave has wildfire officials on alert. State fire information officer Sarah Sarloos says the conditions coming together could spell trouble.
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Rural Providers Conference Wraps Up In Fairbanks
An annual gathering of Alaska Native people focused on healing, sobriety and other health objectives wrapped up in Fairbanks this morning with a traditional staking ceremony.
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Galena Flood Damage Reroutes Yukon 800
The annual Yukon 800 boat race will be a little longer this year. The course for the power boat marathon on the Yukon, Tanana and Chena rivers, between Fairbanks and Galena and back, will be extended all the way to Kaltag, due to flood damage at the normal halfway layover point.
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Hot Weather Settles Over Most Of The State
Hot and dry weather has settled over most of the state. National Weather Service meteorologist Shaun Baines in Anchorage says while temperatures are high in the region, they won't break records.
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Native Speakers Inspire Change
Interior Alaska Native leaders shared stories of hardship and messages of hope during addresses at a conference in Fairbanks yesterday. The annual Rural Providers Conference is aimed at eliminating alcoholism, domestic violence, sexual abuse and suicide through traditional and modern means.
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Fairbanks Voices Concern About LNG Trucking Project
There’s some concern about efforts to advance a North Slope to Fairbanks natural gas trucking project. The issue came up at a Fairbanks City Council meeting this week, where a primary focus was whether a borough created public utility is competing with a private company to carry out the sate supported project.
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State Reports Progress In Galena Cleanup
The state is reporting progress in Galena, as the community cleans up from major flooding. The ice jam flood, earlier this month, damaged and destroyed many homes and other buildings, forcing the evacuation of most of the village’s 400 residents. The state Division of Emergency Management says power has been restored to most areas of Galena, fuel service has resumed and the local public radio station is back on the air.
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Surge Of High Water Pushing Down Yukon River
Another surge of high water is pushing down the Yukon River, the result of this year’s late spring.
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Galena Residents Begin To Rebuild
Work continues to restore basic infrastructure in Galena, after an ice jam on the Yukon River severely flooded the village last week.
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