Work is wrapping on a project to rebuild the northernmost stretch of the Dalton Highway that was badly damaged two-and-a-half years ago by flooding from the overflowing Sagavanirktok River. Once that ...

FAIRBANKS — Thirty-seven years ago, the Alaska Legislature designated the sole road heading into the Far North as the James W. Dalton Highway. This past week, a commemorative sign was finally erected ...

This image from the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, shows a washed out section of the Dalton Highway in June 2025. (Alaska DOT&PF photo) This image from the Alaska ...

ANCHORAGE — The only road leading to Alaska’s North Slope oil fields is again at risk of severe flooding during the spring thaw, with conditions similar to those that intermittently closed portions of ...

Representatives of the Alaskan trucking community plan to call for improved maintenance efforts along Dalton Highway, a harrowing route in the northeastern part of the state that became the site of a ...

FAIRBANKS — Driving trucks on the Dalton Highway is an adventure, which is why Jack Binder has braved the famed highway since it opened in 1974. Binder, 68, is in the twilight of a 50-year truck ...

A contractor is expected to begin work soon building up a portion of the Dalton Highway severely damaged earlier this year by overflow ice and flooding from the Sag River. It’s part of plan to armor ...

A massive drilling rig on wheels shut down the Dalton Highway for much of the weekend as it inched toward an Alaska oil prospect on the North Slope. “It’s the first and probably the last time this ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... DALTON HIGHWAY, alaska — Although it was early June, snowflakes were drifting down the unforgiving slopes of the slate-gray canyon. The only way up the ...