A submerged aluminum canoe on the upper Delta River is like a billboard for those who will read it. (Photo by Ned Rozell) We re-packed our boat and climbed a rock to get a better view of the river ...

BLACK RAPIDS OF THE DELTA RIVER — If we climb high enough above this tumble of gray water, we can see a wedge of blue-white ice withering into the mountains. Less than one century ago, Black ...

A family of six, including a child, has been rescued after spending close to 24 hours on an Alaska River amid stormy weather.

In the district court, the state argued that the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act doesn’t permit the federal ...

The runoff-swollen Delta River in 2020, near the confluence of the Delta and Tanana rivers. National Weather Service experts says this winter’s snowfall has created record amounts of snowpack in ...

An aerial photograph taken by Jake Baugh during a flight in July 2020 shows the water of the Delta River flooding across Larry Spengler Road. The flooding has left some homes damaged and has cut ...

The ice bridge at the U.S. Army Cold Regions Test Center at Fort Greely, about 100 miles southeast of Fairbanks, enables units to reach otherwise inaccessible areas across the frozen Delta River.

The delta was so large, if it were around today, at roughly 637,100 square miles, it easily covers Alaska with mileage to spare. So what created such a massive delta?

A composite image of the delta’s northern lobe, taken May 29 by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Landsat 8 satellite, shows willow shrublands lining river channels as they wind toward the sea.

Although Aaron Shewman, FUDS project engineer, USACE, Alaska District, says only 15 to 20 percent of the drums were buried in the river delta silt, those presented another hurdle.

Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta wildfires, part of a new pattern, push Alaska to early season milestone Alaska Public Media | By Lisa Phu Published June 21, 2022 at 11:32 AM AKDT ...