A National Transportation Safety Board spokesman said investigators are still determining how much of a factor the lack of certification was in the crash. Read More

A preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board states that two men who were killed in a plane crash in a Southwest Alaska lake last month were not properly certified when their plane ... Read More

Nestled between Fairbanks and the Brooks Mountain Range, the Yukon River Camp provides essential services to those traveling along the Dalton Highway. Read More

Neither of the men killed last month in a Southwest Alaska plane crash had a pilot's certification, according to a preliminary report from federal investigators. The National Transportation Safety ... Read More

A section of the McCarthy Highway closed abruptly on Monday morning after part of the roadbed disintegrated and tore open the surface ... Read More

Pictures and videos can only do so much when it comes to seeing the beauty of Alaska's back country in person. Read More

A Saturday statement from NPS Alaska spokesperson Peter Christian says the agency has confirmed that a park employee notified staff at the highway administration about a visitor complaint about a ... Read More

Journeying along the wide-open Steese Highway and then driving another 20 miles on the solitary Chena Hot Springs Road, travelers will eventually find a converted 1985 Ford school bus parked in a ... Read More

Construction began on the Glenn Highway in 1940, connecting Anchorage to the Richarson Highway and giving many Alaskans beautiful views of Alaska. Read More

For the rest of the week, the southbound on and off ramps at Eklutna Village Road will be closed between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. Due to the low bridges in that area, any oversized trucks passing through ... Read More

1942, U.S. Army. Signal Corps. When President Franklin Roosevelt authorized the building of the Alaska Highway in February 1942, the problem of who would actually do the construction quickly arose. Read More

The Alaska Marine Highway System would also benefit by being able to replace vessels cheaper and faster, saving the state of Alaska hundreds of millions of dollars and improving service with ... Read More

The plan's proposed option "meets the demand for increased recreation opportunities in the front-country and backcountry, protecting backcountry conservation areas and creating special recreation ... Read More

Antiquated or obsolete laws can be amusing; I recently learned that an obscure medieval law provides the right to drive sheep across London Bridge. Fortunately, no one is raising sheep in London ... Read More

The Alaska Highway News is returning to British Columbia's northeast. The Fort St. John-based newspaper first published in 1943 was shuttered by Glacier Media last October along with the Dawson Creek ... Read More

Former Snohomish County lawyer Harry '?Ray'? Secoy III, 63, worked as a DC-4 pilot in Alaska in the last years of his life. Read More

Richard Best, 54, was arrested for operating under the influence in October 2022 after Anchorage police observed him driving nearly 100 mph on the Glenn Highway, charges say. Read More

An Anchorage man died when the truck he was a passenger in rolled into a ditch alongside the Parks Highway late Monday afternoon. Read More

The woman was attempting to cross the Sterling Highway from Oil Well Road when she was struck by a pickup truck ... Read More