Smoke from the Ikpikpuk Fire is seen on June 23 in this satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. (Image provided by Ben Jones/University of Alaska Fairbanks) A lightning-sparked fire that has burned ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- When Willie Hensley was growing up outside of Kotzebue in northwest Alaska, he lived in sod homes similar to those used for generations by his Inupiat Eskimo ancestors. The ...

Teshekpuk Caribou Herd animals graze in June of 2014 in the northeastern part of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. The land around Teshekpuk Lake is considered key habitat for the herd, and a ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - The Australian company seeking to develop a large oil discovery on Alaska’s North Slope may be purchased by a consortium based in Abu Dhabi, according to Yereth ...

A lightning-sparked fire that has burned about 2,000 acres of Arctic Alaska tundra is the biggest wildfire on the North Slope in eight years. The Ikpikpuk Fire, which bears the name of a 195-mile ...