Alaska Highway pipeline project wins state approval

The Alaska legislature has signed off on a licence for Calgary-based TransCanada Corp. to start the $26-billion Alaska Pipeline Project. The legislature's decision Friday represents "a significant ...

Well-known Alaska Highway stop Rancheria Lodge burns down

A well-known stop along the Alaska Highway is gone after the Rancheria Lodge burned down Monday night. Photos shared with CBC ...
Alaska Public Media

Dunleavy makes first official Yukon visit, signs Alaska Highway maintenance agreement

Gov. Mike Dunleavy and the Premier of the Yukon Ranj Pillai, pose for a photo in the Cabinet office during a visit to Whitehorse on Thursday, February 8, 2024. (Photo by Justin Kennedy/Government of ...
Transport Topics

Canada to Spend $3.9 Million on Alaska Highway Intersection

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] The Canadian government has awarded a $3.9 million construction contract to improve safety in British Columbia at the Pink Mountain ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Opinion: The Alaska Marine Highway System, and its employees, need more support from the Legislature and governor

Ferries that operate as the Alaska Marine Highway System are as essential to coastal communities as roads are to the cities and villages along the road system. If the Alaska Highway or the Glenn ...
Alaska Public Media

Extreme flooding on Alaska’s Arctic highway caused thaw-induced sinking in later years

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 ...
PBS

The Building of the Alaska Highway

In the middle of March 1942, approximately one month after President Franklin Rosevelt authorized the highway, the Army Corps of Engineers began arriving in Alaska. More than 10,000 soldiers came with ...