Delta Junction News

Wildfires have broken out in the Delta Junction and Fairbanks areas. Four fires were burning in Delta Junction, the largest of them about 10 to 20 acres, according to Alaska Division of Forestry spokeswoman Maggie Rogers.

Royal officials say Prince Harry is to receive the Atlantic Council Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Leadership in Washington D.C. on May 7. The palace says Harry will accept the award for the charity work he and his brother Prince William have been doing through their foundation.

The Alaska Fire Service and U.S. Army are planning multiple prescribed burns in the Donnelly Training Area East south of Delta Junction and adjacent to Fort Greely.

A recent survey into the Pogo Mine, a large gold mine located in Interior Alaska, has yielded a new discovery of at least 1.2 million ounces of gold.

These incidences were collected using the Alaska State Trooper dispatches from Friday and Saturday at the Arctic Man site at Summit Lake, where troopers have set up a temporary post for the event.