A search continues for an overdue hiker in the hills surrounding Chena Hot Springs Resort. Resort employee Anatoliy Balko, 19, left on what was he anticipated to be a two-day hike Friday morning, said Alaska State Trooper spokeswoman Megan Peters.
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North Star Borough assembly seeks help for Denali wolves
The Fairbanks North Star Borough assembly passed a resolution last Thursday asking Gov. Bill Walker to protect Denali National Park wolves and other predators on state land along the park’s northeast boundary.
Fairbanks citizens gather more than 500 signatures to ban commercial marijuana sales
Sponsors of a voter initiative to ban commercial marijuana businesses in the City of Fairbanks submitted over 500 signatures Friday in an effort to get the measure on the fall 2017 ballot.
Denali East Fork wolf pack status currently unknown
Denali’s East Fork wolf pack declined to just one known female and two pups earlier this summer. The pack’s last other member, a radio-collared male, was spotted dead at a hunting camp on state land off the Stampede Trail in May.
Dam on slough helps Big Delta man protect home along Tanana River
Big Delta resident Tom Gorman said a small dam he built earlier this year to protect his home from the meandering Tanana River held steady over the past couple of weeks as the river rose to near-flood level, due to recent rains. Gorman now hopes the river falls quickly enough to allow him to finish work on the dam before snow flies.
Team of scientists discover new evidence of Denali dinosaurs
Dinosaur bone fragments were discovered this summer in Denali National Park by a team of University of Alaska Fairbanks and National Park Service scientists.