Manley Hot Springs News

If you think it's cold in Fairbanks, be happy you're not in Tanana or Huslia. The mercury dropped to 51 degrees below zero in both those western Interior Alaska villages on Friday as a cold air mass combined with clear skies produced the coldest temperatures of the year in that neck of the Bush.

Gov. Sean Parnell wants to spend $10 million to work toward building a road to the remote village of Tanana that's supposed to be the first link of an epic and hugely expensive road across the Interior to the coast at Nome.