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 ...

Alaska is known for its vast wilderness, home to the most isolated place in the U.S. and America's least-visited national park. Somewhere in these virtually uncharted regions is also the world's ...

DEADHORSE, Alaska — No one comes to Deadhorse by mistake. Most tourists simply want to find out what’s at the end of America’s northernmost road. Editors’ note: In late June, E&E News Alaska reporter ...

Concern continues about flooding on the northern end of the Dalton Highway. Water from the Sag River overran the Dalton south of Deadhorse last year, causing extensive damage that closed the road for ...

In this week's Sunday Closer, NBC's Harry Smith travels along the scenic 414-mile long Dalton Highway in Alaska, driving from picturesque road from Livengood to Dead Horse. In this week’s Sunday ...

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 ...

The official search for a Fairbanks man last seen this month during a remote hunting trip off the Dalton Highway has been suspended after air and ground efforts found no sign of him. Dalton Hanson, 23 ...

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 ...