Latest Tok Alaska News Reports
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- Aug 17, 2026 5:17pm
TOK, Alaska (KTUU) - A fast-moving wildfire ignited Aug. 17 in the backyard of a home along the Alaska Highway near Sundog Trail, prompting evacuations and drawing a large-scale response from state, ... Read More
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- Aug 19, 2026 8:59pm
A wind-driven wildfire that roared to life Monday in the Interior Alaska community of Tok damaged or destroyed at least 20 structures, officials say. On Monday, Rob Nelson lost the home he'd ... Read More
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- Aug 22, 2026 8:21pm
According to Alaska Public Media, the Mukluk fire damaged at least 20 structures. Large fires can fill communities with unhealthy smoke, force families from their homes, damage houses and businesses, ... Read More
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- Aug 25, 2026 1:31pm
A fast-moving wildfire ignited late Monday morning in the backyard of a home along the Alaska Highway near Sundog Trail, prompting evacuations and drawing a large-scale response from state, local and ... Read More
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Live: Tok wildfire torches up to 20 structures, forces evacuations as blaze claims 7,400 acres
- Alaska
- Tok
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- Aug 21, 2026 12:24pm
A fast-moving wildfire ignited late Monday morning in the backyard of a home along the Alaska Highway near Sundog Trail, prompting evacuations and drawing a large-scale response from state, local and ... Read More
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Live: Tok wildfire torches up to 20 structures, forces evacuations as blaze claims 5,000 acres
- Alaska
- Tok
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- Aug 20, 2026 12:43pm
A fast-moving wildfire ignited late Monday morning in the backyard of a home along the Alaska Highway near Sundog Trail, prompting evacuations and drawing a large-scale response from state, local and ... Read More
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- Aug 18, 2026 3:16pm
A wildfire that roared to life Monday in the Interior Alaska community of Tok has damaged or destroyed at least 20 structures, officials say. Josh Christianson and Brittany Ward lost their ... Read More
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- Aug 18, 2026 3:14pm
A fast-moving wildfire ignited late Monday morning in the backyard of a home along the Alaska Highway ... Read More
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- Aug 18, 2026 08:57am
A wildfire that roared to life Monday in the Interior Alaska community of Tok has damaged or destroyed at least 20 structures, officials say. Authorities say a downed power line appears to have ... Read More
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- Aug 17, 2026 8:59pm
A wind-pushed wildfire along the Alaska Highway in Tok on Monday destroyed structures and triggered evacuation orders as fire crews worked to halt its progress. Officials say the fire was ... Read More
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UPDATES: Tok wildfire torches up to 10 structures, forces evacuations as blaze claims 1,500 acres
- Alaska
- Tok
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- Aug 17, 2026 5:17pm
TOK, Alaska (KTUU) - A fast-moving wildfire ignited late Monday morning in the backyard of a home along the Alaska Highway near Sundog Trail, prompting evacuations and drawing a large-scale response ... Read More
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- Aug 17, 2026 4:57pm
A fast-moving wildfire in Tok, Alaska has forced evacuations as crews rush to control the flames. Read More
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- Aug 17, 2026 4:25pm
A wildfire along the Alaska Highway west of Tok was prompting evacuation orders and an urgent firefighting response Monday. Read More
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- Sep 02, 2025 2:52pm
A series of human-caused fires near Tok is under investigation. Eleven fires have been discovered within a two-mile stretch of the Alaska Highway since August 28. That's almost a dozen fires in less ... Read More
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- Nov 11, 2018 12:01pm
FAIRBANKS - A World War II-era bridge on the Alaska Highway is nearing its last days. The truss-style bridge over the Tok River has been replaced by a temporary detour bridge and will be permanently ... Read More
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- Nov 03, 2018 5:00pm
FAIRBANKS - Motorists on the Alaska Highway between Tok and the Canada border no longer traverse a World War II-era bridge. Built between 1943 and 1944, the original truss-style bridge crossing the ... Read More
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- Sep 04, 2025 07:05am
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Tok Forestry and Fire Protection Division fire department responded to a fire south of the Alaska Highway near the gravel pit Tuesday, according to Alaska Wildland Fire ... Read More
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- Nov 10, 2018 4:00pm
FAIRBANKS - A World War II-era bridge on the Alaska Highway is nearing its last days. The truss-style bridge over the Tok River has been replaced by a temporary detour bridge and will be permanently ... Read More
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- Aug 16, 2021 10:28am
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska State Troopers arrested a man involved in a Monday morning standoff at the Chevron gas station in Tok and reopened the Alaska Highway, according to an AST ... Read More
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- May 15, 2019 05:01am
When two propeller planes crashed in southeast Alaska on Monday, killing at least four people, aviation experts said they were saddened, but not surprised. Two small planes crashed in Alaska, why few ... Read More
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Toksook Bay, AK Current Weather
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- Toksook Bay
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- Aug 14, 2020 9:21pm
November is the worst month for pedestrian collisions. Here's why ... Read More
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- Jun 12, 2011 5:00pm
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Motorists entering Alaska through the Yukon Territory, either via the Alaska Highway or the Taylor Highway, will encounter the first significant settlement in the community of Tok. Read More
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- May 03, 2012 5:00pm
Tok got its start as an Alaska Road Commission camp for the construction of the Alaska and Glenn highways in the 1940s. According to local lore, the town is named after a husky pup that lived in ... Read More
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- Jun 24, 2023 06:54am
A Florida man died Thursday evening in a collision involving two motorcycles and a pickup south of Tok, Alaska State Troopers said. Sherjung Dhillon, 40, was driving a motorcycle southbound near ... Read More
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- Jun 16, 2025 11:00am
A stretch of the Dalton Highway near the Saginavirktok River was washed out by flood waters on Saturday, leading to an 80-foot-wide gap in the only road leading to Prudhoe Bay. As a result, the ... Read More
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- Jun 23, 2025 4:50pm
Dozens of lightning- and human-caused fires have started, intermittently closing major highways and leading to the evacuations of hundreds of people around Fairbanks, Healy and Tok. Some homes and ... Read More
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- Jun 22, 2025 7:00pm
Rapidly spreading wildfires across Interior Alaska have forced new evacuations, closed major highways, and destroyed homes as firefighters work around the clock to contain the flames. Read More
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Storms may bring heavy rain, flooding risk to Alaska's Eastern Interior
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- Delta Junction
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- May 26, 2025 3:00pm
Heavy showers and slow-moving thunderstorms may bring flooding this weekend to Alaska's Eastern Interior, with the heaviest rain expected along the Alaska Highway near Tok. Read More
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Tok man indicted in death of UAF professor
- Alaska
- Tok
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- Apr 16, 2025 07:01am
A Tok man was indicted earlier this month in the death of a University of Alaska Fairbanks professor and Nenana musher following a February 2023 car crash. Read More
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Missing commuter plane found crashed on Alaska sea ice and all 10 aboard are dead, authorities say
- Alaska
- Toksook Bay
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- Feb 06, 2025 4:00pm
(Loren Holmes / Anchorage Daily News via AP, File) FILE - This Jan. 18, 2020, photo shows people preparing to get on an airplane at the airport in Bethel, Alaska, for a flight to Toksook Bay. Read More
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No injuries in back-to-back vehicle crashes involving trucking contractor for Alaska mine
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- Tok
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- Jan 17, 2025 09:02am
Monday's collision came just three days after another incident involving the trucking contractor for Kinross Alaska, which owns both the Manh Choh (near Tok) and Fort Knox mines (Fox ... Read More
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Alaska transportation department to impose bridge weight limit lower than loaded Manh Choh haul trucks' poundage
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- Route 3
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- Oct 31, 2024 9:24pm
A Thursday alert from the department says trucks will be weighed at Tok and Fox prior to crossing the Richardson Highway's flood control bridges at milepost 346, and unpermitted loads will be stopped ... Read More
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- Aug 18, 2024 5:00pm
The Alaska Highway west of Tok, Alaska. (Arthur Chapman / Flickr) Some of Interior Alaska's hottest temperatures of the summer were recorded Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. Read More
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- Sep 07, 2024 04:21am
Members of the 212th Rescue Squadron responded to multiple plane crashes across the state over Labor Day Weekend. Read More
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- Sep 05, 2024 09:33am
A spokesman says Guardsmen rescued eight people in five missions "all over the place" during the Labor Day weekend. Read More
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Alaska Air National Guard partners with National Park Service to rescue plane accident victims at Denali
- Alaska
- Denali National Park
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- Jul 21, 2024 06:04am
Alaska Air National Guard members of 176th Wing, in conjunction with the National Park Service and Talkeetna Air Taxi rescued nine plane crash victims July 12, 2024, at the Tokositna Glacier in Denali ... Read More
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Plane crashes at Tok airport after takeoff
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- Tok
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- Jul 11, 2024 07:00am
A plane crashed at Tok Airport Monday morning after a pilot lost control of the aircraft. According to a dispatch from Alaska State Troopers, a Kitfox S7 Supersport was taking off at the airport in a ... Read More
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Day driving from Anchorage - Anchorage Forum
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- Tok
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- Jun 24, 2024 01:19am
Do you recommend a day trip driving up highway 1 towards Tok? If so, what are the favorite places to see? This will be our 2nd time to Alaska and we've already visited Denali, Telketna and the Kenaui ... Read More
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- Jun 28, 2024 1:24pm
Roughly 20 houses were threatened by the Globe Fire along a 9-mile stretch of the Elliott Highway on Thursday, BLM Alaska Fire Service officials said. Read More
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In a moment, an emotional night turned deadly: June Anchorage police shooting was 6th death since 2020
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- Chugiak
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- Jun 21, 2024 5:00pm
Anchorage police gather evidence on the Chugiak-South Birchwood exit ramp from the northbound lanes of Glenn Highway on Sunday, July 2, 2023. Police shot and killed Sean Burke, 34, a Tok resident who ... Read More
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- May 03, 2024 10:24am
Kinross has said the haul will last four to five years. At 10 more accidents per year, the model would approximate 40 to 50 added crashes with the trucks on the roads versus status quo traffic. The ... Read More
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Alaska and Wyoming Democratic presidential contests
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- Palmer
- Highway 1
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- Apr 10, 2024 04:02am
22, 2021, in Tok, Alaska. President Joe Biden will face Democratic voters ... FILE - A sign on the border of Wyoming and Montana appears on the side of Belfry Highway, May 24, 2017, in Powell, Wyo. Read More
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- Apr 10, 2024 5:00pm
The Native Village of Dot Lake, located off the Alaska Highway about 50 miles northwest of Tok, was also accepted, officials said. That effort, which could take years to complete due to rigorous ... Read More
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State's age of consent law would change from 16 to 18, if House vote on child sex abuse bill holds
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- Tok
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- Mar 23, 2024 1:50pm
A handwritten amendment added to a child sex abuse, trafficking and exploitation bill - that passed 32-6 during a House floor vote on Friday - would change the state's age of consent law from 16 to 18 ... Read More
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Alaska's chief medical officer, a public face of the state's pandemic response, is resigning
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- Palmer
- Highway 1
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- Feb 19, 2024 12:23pm
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Dr. Anne Zink ... On F February 25, 2024 3:30 PM Trans-Canada Highway closed between Revelstoke and Golden Highway 1 between Revelstoke and Golden is closed in both directions ... Read More
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AROUND ALASKA: Rock Fall, Gathering of Eagles, and Walk of Lights!
- Alaska
- Delta Junction
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- Feb 12, 2024 4:26pm
Luckily, no one was hurt when some massive boulders came crashing down onto a road in Sitka. A bizarre gathering of bald eagles in Unalaska has gone viral on TikTok. Read More
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- Jan 11, 2024 1:29pm
Known as the 'Gateway to Alaska,' Tok extends a warm welcome with its friendly atmosphere and picturesque surroundings. Take a moment to absorb the Alaska Highway's significance as you continue ... Read More
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- Nov 03, 2023 6:39pm
A man was killed during a shootout after leading Alaska State Troopers and other officers ... a rifle outside a motel in the community of Tok. The trooper was responding to a 911 call from the ... Read More
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- Nov 10, 2023 05:56am
When RVers are referring to the rough roads on this portion of the Alaska Highway, they specifically mean between Destruction Bay, Yukon, Canada, and Tok, Alaska. This section of road has large ... Read More
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- Nov 02, 2023 6:05pm
This story has been updated in a new version. Click here for the latest version. UPDATE 11 a.m. Thursday: Troopers on Thursday identified the man killed a day earlier as Michael Grimes, 45, of ... Read More
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- Nov 02, 2023 4:58pm
A man was killed during a shootout after leading Alaska State Troopers and other officers on a chase ... a man who was brandishing a rifle outside a motel in the community of Tok. The trooper was ... Read More
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- Nov 02, 2023 09:47am
The dispatch says the chase ended when troopers laid spike strips on the highway and rammed the pickup to a halt. There was another exchange of gunfire and officers fatally shot the driver, who was ... Read More
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- Oct 11, 2023 10:00am
This Alaskan highway is known for being dangerous, yet beautiful. Don't worry -- we offer you alternative road trips that are less intense, but still stunning. Read More
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- Aug 29, 2023 2:39pm
Alaska, USA, on June 7th, Wataru took on one of the world's most challenging roads, the "Dalton Highway", heading south. He covered the 666km of the Dalton Highway in just ten days. Subsequent to that ... Read More
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Alaska simplifies microreactor regulations
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- Tok
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- Jul 28, 2023 08:24am
Previously, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation could not ... north 160 miles from Valdez to Glennallen and spanning 100 miles east to west from the Tok Cutoff highway into the ... Read More
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- Aug 10, 2023 07:48am
'?I need Alaska to say yes to everything.'? A truck is pulled to the side of the highway for repairs along the road between Fairbanks and Tok that will be used for the ore haul. Grist / Sean ... Read More
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- Jul 18, 2023 5:00pm
An Anchorage man died Tuesday afternoon when his motorcycle collided with a moose near Tok, Alaska State Troopers said. Thomas Lake, 50, was southbound on the Tok Cutoff Highway roughly 30 miles ... Read More
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1 dead in Tok vehicle collision
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- Tok
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- Jun 23, 2023 10:47am
TOK, Alaska (KTUU) - One person has died after a collision involving two motorcycles and a pickup truck in Tok on Thursday. According to an Alaska State Trooper dispatch, troopers responded around ... Read More
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Motorcyclist from Florida killed in collision near Tok that left 2nd person critically injured
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- Gakona
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- Jun 23, 2023 5:01pm
A Florida man died Thursday evening in a collision involving two motorcycles and a pickup south of Tok, Alaska State Troopers said. Sherjung Dhillon, 40, was driving a motorcycle southbound near Mile ... Read More
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- Apr 25, 2023 5:00pm
The Tanacross Project covers 45,000 hectares of Alaska state-owned land, approximately 70 kilometers northeast of Tok, along the Alaska Highway. The Project hosts a cluster of late Cretaceous (68 ... Read More
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In memoriam
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- Tok
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- May 08, 2023 06:57am
No words of condolence can sooth the loss felt by the families and friends of the three soldiers who died in a helicopter crash on April 27. Read More
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Biden's moves on Alaska drilling, TikTok test young voters
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- Route 1
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- Mar 25, 2023 10:37am
Recent moves by President Joe Biden to pressure TikTok over its Chinese ownership and approve oil drilling in an untapped area of Alaska are testing ... and has plans to route traffic through ... Read More
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- Mar 12, 2023 06:15am
EVs can lose anywhere from 10% to 36% of their range as cold spells come at least a few times each winter in many U.S. states. Read More
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- Feb 23, 2023 08:08am
Replacements for four more highway bridges in the Fairbanks area are funded in the governor's amended capital budget. Read More
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- Nov 03, 2022 6:34pm
A winter weather advisory is in effect for a huge swath of Eastern and Interior Alaska with three to seven inches of snow in the forecast - more in the Alaska Range. All of the major highways in ... Read More
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First big winter storm hits Interior Alaska
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- Tok
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- Oct 13, 2022 7:15pm
Difficult road conditions were reported on the Alaska Highway on Thursday from Tetlin to the border with Canada. Read More
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Up to a foot of snow predicted to fall on the Alaska Highway
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- Fairbanks
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- Oct 12, 2022 6:30pm
A winter storm warning is in effect for the Upper Tanana Valley and Fortymile Country, including Tok, Tanacross, Eagle, Tetlin, Northway, Alcan, Chicken and Boundary. Read More
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Alaska sand dunes hint at ancient past
- Alaska
- Fairbanks
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- Sep 25, 2022 07:15am
Near the town of Tok, a wedge of sharp hills looked different from the surrounding, more rounded ones. Alaska Highway 5 - the Taylor Highway - cut through the strange ... Read More
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- Aug 24, 2022 04:51am
About the Tanacross Project The Tanacross Project covers 45,000 hectares of Alaska state-owned land, approximately 70 kilometers northeast of Tok, along the Alaska Highway. The project hosts a ... Read More
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