NENANA — Most dog teams in the 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race took their first rest of the race on the Tanana River at Nenana by late afternoon Monday. Nenana was about 52 river miles from the ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Nenana’s strategic location at the confluence of two rivers fortifies the small town’s big role in Alaska. Just 65 miles south of Fairbanks, it sits on the Parks Highway along the ...

May 8—The ice on the Tanana River went out in Interior Alaska on Monday evening, stopping the clock in the century-old Nenana Ice Classic river breakup guessing game. A 30-foot-tall wooden tripod, ...

Burbot will be lurking under the Tanana River ice, just waiting for the second annual “Between Bridges Burbot Fishing Derby” ...

An ambitious plan to develop agricultural land west of Nenana is on hold until the town can find another $5 million to complete work build a bridge across the Nenana River. Jason Mayrand scampers over ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Even with 20 years as a whitewater rafting guide under his dry suit, Jeff “Mudflap” Estes admits he was “a little nervous” heading into the Nenana River Canyon on Saturday. That’s ...

FAIRBANKS — Thin ice has claimed another vehicle trying to cross a river in interior Alaska. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports a bulldozer being driven across the Nenana River at the town of ...

ANCHORAGE — The ice has gone out on the Tanana River, marking an end to the Nenana Ice Classic. The guessing game ended Saturday at 3:39 p.m. Alaska Standard Time. The game dates back to 1917, the ...

Native Movement activists and others participating in the two-blockade included, from left: Nenana Native Association First Chief Caroline Ketzler, Enei Begaye, Deloole'aanh Erickson and Lindsey ...

Mar. 4—NENANA — Most dog teams in the 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race took their first rest of the race on the Tanana River at Nenana by late afternoon Monday. Nenana was about 52 river miles from ...