Later this spring, barges of heavy equipment will pull away from a launch on Alaska’s road system and begin a journey up the Yukon River. More than 100 miles upstream, a tributary, Birch Creek, ...

This photo, released by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, shows the parking lot where a tanker truck released some 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel earlier this month. A 1,000-gallon ...

The Yukon Coroner’s Service is investigating two deaths after a fire broke out at the Brewer Creek mine camp early Oct. 3, ...

The front-runners in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race are arriving at the Yukon River, pushing deeper into the long middle stretch of the race just as intense cold is forecast for the region. The ...

A 1,000-gallon diesel spill earlier this month near the Yukon River has prompted renewed objections to plans by a privately held oil company to drill in the region later this year. The truck was ...