The 2,000-acre fire and others north of the Brooks Range fit a pattern of increasing wildfires in the treeless landscape.

The thing about the “United States” is that — until recently — it was part of our national ethos to look after one another.

Alaska National Guard service members activated June 20 in support of local, state and federal efforts to contain fires ...

Local firefighters have been sent to Alaska to battle a significant wildfire in the far northwestern state as part of a ...

Nearly 2,000 fire personnel were working 28 staffed fires around the state as of Monday. Rainy weather in the Interior this ...

Last week, a 20-person crew of Massachusetts wildland firefighters was sent to assist in putting out significant wildfires in ...

Jim Strickland lives on Haystack Road, north of Fairbanks, just a few miles away from where the Himalaya and Haystack Road ...

Eighteen Connecticut residents and two from Rhode Island mobilized to help fight wildfires in Alaska, according to state ...

The team consists 18 members from the Connecticut Interstate Fire Crew, DEEP said, along with 2 members from the Rhode Island ...

Alaska wildfire crews are gaining ground thanks to rain, but dry fuels and over 4,600 lightning strikes this week have ...

Cody Smeaton, a call firefighter for Westport, is currently deployed to Alaska. He joins a crew from DCR and MassWildlife fighting wildfires in the state's interior. A Westport firefighter is among a ...

A lightning-sparked fire that has burned about 2,000 acres of Arctic Alaska tundra is the biggest wildfire on the North Slope ...