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 ...

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 ...

The northern end of the 414-mile Dalton Highway, the only road link to the North Slope oil fields, is seen underwater on May 21, 2015. (From Alaska DOTPF) The extreme flooding that forced a weeks-long ...

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 ...

Two people were attacked along the Dalton Highway on Monday by a wolf that ran away after a motorist nearby shot at it, Alaska State Troopers said. Troopers said the animal appeared to have been fed ...

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 ...

Jun. 18—The road to Alaska's North Slope oil fields and the U.S. Arctic Ocean reopened Wednesday after snowmelt floods washed part of the road away, causing a five-day shutdown. The 415-mile Dalton ...

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 ...

Artists and writers can apply for the 2025 Dalton Highway artist-in-residence position, co-hosted this year by the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Toolik Field Station and the Bureau of Land ...