Tok News

State Troopers say some homes in Tok have been flooded by rising river waters. Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters says at least 11 homes were affected.

Fire managers say the wetter, cooler weather is giving crews a reprieve at many of the 40 active wildfires in the state.

The Alaska Forestry Division says a new, lightning-caused wildfire has quickly grown to about 100 acres and is burning in black spruce about 60 miles east of Tok in eastern Alaska.

East of Fairbanks the forested plateau of the upper Tanana River seems to roll on forever toward Canada, unbroken except for rounded hills and one place where ridges of the Alaska Range cut north.

Vancouver, British Columbia-based Heatherdale Resources recently announced it no longer holds an interest in the Delta Project northwest of Tok.