Salcha News

' Federal officials Friday declared flooding and other natural disasters in Northern and Interior Alaska late this summer a federal disaster, according to the state of Alaska.

' While elections can get ugly, Oct. 7's school board elections will remain low-key. The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District has three open seats and four candidates.

' The Fairbanks North Star Borough cannot meet transportation needs without the help of various local agencies, borough officials said at a public transportation forum last week.

' Fairbanks still has a few years before it sees air pollution-prevention rules that, public officials say, could impact the way borough residents heat homes, operate industry and plan construction projects ...

A training exercise at the Alaska State Troopers dispatch center in Fairbanks went awry Thursday afternoon when a trainee mistakenly sent out a live emergency message to 475 phone numbers.

' A plan to raise the water level in one of the Interior's largest lakes is working.

It gives new meaning to the term roadkill. A wounded bull moose was killed on Monday in Salcha when it ran into the Richardson Highway after being shot by a hunter and was hit by an SUV.

Sept. 8, 1998 - ' Fort Wainwright would get $24 million and Eielson Air Force Base $17 million for construction projects under a federal funding package awaiting President Clinton's signature.

' Tom Mulka finally had to turn on the irrigation system at Fairbanks Golf Course last week.

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press. Rodney Pangborn, of Salcha, demonstrates his long, moaning cow moose call on Aug.

Areas hard hit by flooding earlier this month are still struggling to recover. The highest water on the Tanana River in 41 years flooded homes in parts of Salcha and Fairbanks, and Nenena, where nearly the ...

' The battle-torn desert of Iraq is the last place you would expect anyone to learn how to call a moose, but that's where Rodney Pangborn got his start as Fairbanks' reigning moose-calling champion.

' Fairbanks North Star Borough officials asked the elected Borough Assembly to help with a review of a perennial land-auction program that, in recent years, has hit a rocky patch.

The rainfall, averaging 7.3 inches, was caused by thunderstorms in the local area, and not only affected Eielson.

The state has opened disaster-assistance centers in Fairbanks, Nenana and Salcha to help those communities cope with fallout from flooding that rose to disaster levels in late July and early August.

' It is gray and raining and chilly and I want some coffee. I'm driving south from Fairbanks, wondering when I have seen a wetter few weeks in Interior Alaska.

' Rob Weathers has seen a number of floods in his 18-year involvement with Salcha Fire and Rescue.

Steve Meade pumps groundwater out of the basement of his Moose Creek neighborhood home Sunday afternoon, August 3, 2008.

Water levels on the Tanana River are decreasing Saturday and have stabilized on the Chena and Salcha rivers, according to Fairbanks North Star Borough officials.

The National Weather Service has issued flood watches and warnings for areas north of the Upper Valley on the other side of the Alaska Range.