Agencies monitoring wildfires in Alaska have elevated the state to Preparedness Level 5 (PL5) , which is the highest level, as wildfire activity continues across the state.July 10 - 8:30 a.m.Fire ...

Alaska National Guard service members activated June 20 in support of local, state and federal efforts to contain fires ...

Meghan DeSloover and Sarah Zaglifa reflect on their role in filling some of the gaps in behavioral health care.

Alaska wildfire crews are gaining ground thanks to rain, but dry fuels and over 4,600 lightning strikes this week have ...

Twenty-nine homes, along with 34 other structures, have been lost in the fires near Healy since they began last month, ...

Last week, a 20-person crew of Massachusetts wildland firefighters was sent to assist in putting out significant wildfires in ...

A lightning-sparked fire that has burned about 2,000 acres of Arctic Alaska tundra is the biggest wildfire on the North Slope ...

Cody Smeaton, a call firefighter for Westport, is currently deployed to Alaska. He joins a crew from DCR and MassWildlife fighting wildfires in the state's interior. A Westport firefighter is among a ...

Local firefighters have been sent to Alaska to battle a significant wildfire in the far northwestern state as part of a ...

Cooler, wetter weather is helping slow wildfire growth across Alaska, but smoke and evacuation alerts remain in effect as ...

A cultural burn in Fort Yukon, Alaska in May 2024. The wildland fire community, along with governments, policy makers, and ...