A wildfire burning near the Alaska village of Ambler is now 30% contained, but officials warn that warming temperatures and a ...

The fire is one of two staffed fires in the state ...

Summer is on the way, but the Interior appears to have missed the memo. After an unusually wet, chilly start to June — including a frost advisory issued right in the middle of planting season — you ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 7—As wildfires continue to ignite and burn across Alaska's Interior, warm weather in Southcentral Alaska over the July Fourth ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alaska wildfires burned more than 1 million acres this year, putting the 2025 season at about the average for recent decades. Alaska fire seasons of more than 1 million acres have become more frequent ...

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 ...