2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (919+ words) Echo Acres Creamers Field morning briefing. Creamers Field Echo Acres RX successful firing at Creamers Field Echo Acres 2026. Fire Managers assess and discuss the test fire on the Echo Acres Creamers Field 2026 RX. Creamers Field Echo Acres RX White Mountain…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (259+ words) Now, more than ever, the world needs trustworthy reporting'but good journalism isn't free. Please support us by subscribing or contributing today. Wildfire firefighters battled many Interior fires in 2025. Burn permits are suspended in the Fairbanks Prevention Area due to high…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (647+ words) This screenshot shows a portion of a high-resolution World View-3 satellite image of the active fumaroles (steam vents) at Mount Kupreanof on May 10, 2026. These fumaroles are associated with an active hydrothermal system at the volcano and are not related to…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (499+ words) The FOXSI-5 mission launches at 11: 23 a. m. Thursday, May 14, 2026, from Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks. The mission is part of a continuing NASA-led program to study the sun. The payload section of the FOXSI-5 mission sits in the payload assembly…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (580+ words) A snowstorm did little to deter the ravenous humpbacks. (ISO400, 428mm, f6. 3, 1/1600). Herring tumble into the massive lower jaw of a humpback whale. (ISO400, 151mm, f5. 0, 1/3200). "Watch the gulls, they'll tell where the whales are going to surface, our captain shouted as we waited for feeding…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (355+ words) Ryan Hagerty/U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service The federal government has rejected a request to list three populations of Gulf of Alaska king salmon as endangered, according to a public notice scheduled for publication on Thursday. The listing was requested in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (785+ words) Defense Innovation Unit's Christian Whitchurch (left) and U. S. Sen. Dan Sullivan highlight details about a new agreement between DIU and the University of Alaska Fairbanks on Friday, May 8, 2026. UAF Interim Chancellor Mike Sfraga highlights the advantages of a research partnership with…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (849+ words) When a wall of rock collapsed into Southeast Alaska's Tracy Arm last August, it triggered one of the highest-reaching tsunamis ever recorded in the world. The event happened to be in a place heavily visited by cruise ships. A study…...

2+ week, 18+ hour ago  (70+ words) DIU-UAF agreeement 2 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner UAF Interim Chancellor Mike Sfraga highlights the advantages of a research partnership with the federal Defense Innovation Unit on Friday, May 8, 2026. "Let's look back at some of our history together." - City Council on the fence…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago  (553+ words) Ned, Kristen and Anna Rozell at the UAF Gold Ceremony on May 1, 2026, where Ned was awarded Science Writer Emeritus. Ned Rozell's friends, family and colleagues gather at a GI reception in the Mather Library on May 1, 2026. Geophysical Institute Director Bob…...