Nenana News

Drilling under way after a delay of several days because of Minto Flats forest fire; no immediate fire threat to the drill site; $15 million well targeted to 10,500-11,000 feet with Arctic Wolf No.

Smoke from wildfires in the interior is affecting Anchorage. The state Health Department has declared a health advisory for people with breathing or other medical problems affected by air quality.

Describing the offenses as "among the worst I've ever seen," a Superior Court judge sentenced an Alaska man to 30 years in prison for sexually abusing four children under the age of 13.

Smoke from the Minto South Fire boils up in the late afternoon heat Sunday, June 5, 2009, as several riverboats travel up the Tanana River near its confluence with the Tolovana River.

The first king salmon of the season were caught by subsistence fishermen in Nenana on Tuesday, which means some kings should be poking their noses into Chena and Salcha soon.

July 1, 1999 - Property tax relief could come in the form of a year-round, 4 percent sales tax under a plan announced Wednesday by the assembly's presiding officer and the borough mayor.

State court facilities in Healy will close early next year when a new regional courthouse opens in Nenana at the site of the former Tri-Pod Motel.

Reading bedtime stories to children and grandchildren is common in many homes, but sometimes these tales can take on a life of their own as a local woman recently found out first hand.

June 19, 1999 - This year's Yukon River king salmon run is already late. Now it's a matter of time before fishermen and biologists find out if this year's chinook return will be as weak as last year's disastrous run.

June 18, 1999 a ' More than 14 months overdue, the citya TMs 1997 audit has reached the Fairbanks City Council, giving members a troublesome glimpse of problems that are now almost 2 years old.

A prescribed burn will be conducted as early as Monday, June 15, at the Nenana Ridge research site to support research that could help Alaskans better protect their homes from wildland fire.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is considering a controlled burn in interior Alaska to find out if fire can rejuvenate winter moose habitat.

Melanie Church, left, watches the scale as John Papp of Papp's Produce weighs a cauliflower for Church at the Tanana Valley Farmer's Market on College Road Wednesday afternoon, August 23, 2006.

A 160-foot long barge that broke free of its moorings during flooding on the Tanana River last week was floating down the Yukon River on Monday as the company that owns it scrambled to launch a recovery mission.

Individuals who are suffering from substance abuse can find help at drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities throughout the State of Alaska.

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then the folks who run the Nenana Ice Classic should be feeling pretty good right now.

May 8, 1999 - Nenana Police Chief Milton Haken would not have believed a Subaru station wagon could do 120 miles per hour.

May 1, 1999 - Jose Martinez remembers the day almost two months ago when someone asked him if he wanted in on a Nenana Ice Classic pool for the 354th Supply Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base.

SHELDON JACKSON COLLEGE GRADUATES FINAL STUDENTS : The 130-year old Sitka institution affiliated with the Presbyterian Church closed its doors in 2007, but a handful of students were able to complete their degrees through an arrangement with the University of Alaska.

A A A' The ice on Alaska's Tanana River has broken apart and now two lucky winners who guessed the timing of that much-awaited annual event will split a jackpot of nearly $284,000. "My reaction was disbelief," Claudia Russell said Saturday after learning she was a co-winner of the Nenana Ice Classic.