Trooper Nathan Hollenbeck responded early May 29 after a woman reported hearing a man calling out for help from the Tanana River in Nenana, troopers said in a dispatch report. The man, Jonathan Pitka, ...

I’m a born-and-raised Alaska ... The Kenai River offers Class II rapids as well as more mellow stretches. The vivid light-blue hue of the water caused by glacial sediment is one of the most remarkable ...

As we skied from my driveway to the trail that would take us towards the Nenana River ... “Denali” and other Alaska Native names for the mountain are part of, and came to understand that regardless of ...

Cell service is spotty north of Talkeetna, so download maps in advance ... Pull off the highway for a quick look around Nenana village. Stop by the Historic Alaska Railroad Depot, walk along the river ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A wildfire burning near ... The fire is burning on the west side of the Nenana River, which separates the fire from the national park. Officials said there were no ...

It would be hard to believe this was some sort of accident, given the many other obvious places in the 56 miles between Nenana and Healy where ... Krakauer’s book doesn’t mention the map that was ...

Alaska is an awe-inspiring collection of giant ... Or consider a guided rafting trip on the Nenana River, a glacier-fed stream that forms the eastern border of Denali. Book a mild or wild day ...

On the fire map, it is the slanted red ... sites on both sides of the Teklanika River and assessing protection needs in the city of Anderson. The BLM Alaska Fire Service Midnight Sun Hotshots ...

There were 11 new starts Friday with four falling within BLM Alaska Fire ... includes the Teklanika River Fire (#257), Kobe Road Fire (#297), Birch Creek Fire (#285), Nenana River Fire (#288 ...

May 8—The ice on the Tanana River went out in Interior Alaska on Monday evening, stopping the clock in the century-old Nenana Ice Classic river breakup guessing game. A 30-foot-tall wooden ...

The Nenana Ice Classic, started in 1917, is a high-stakes guessing game over the date, hour and minute of the ice breakup on the Tanana River Erin Donaghue The Nenana Ice Classic tripod is on ...

in Nenana, Alaska, with the Tanana River behind her. Credit: Brian Adams It won’t look like a typical farm. Instead, the community group plans to mirror what the wild environment looks like.