Delta Junction, Alaska

• NTSB preliminary report on Aug. 1 Denali Park plane crash
  

  NTSB Identification: ANC10FA067 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation Accident occurred Sunday, August 01, 2010 in McKinley Park, AK Aircraft: FAIRCHILD C-123K, registration: N709RR Injuries: 3 Fatal.

• Alaska farmer's potato planting spawns vast farm
  

  Frank Borman sits in front of his his u-pick vegetable farm in Delta Junction, Alaska, on Aug.

• Alaska farmer's potato planting spawns vast farm
  

  Frank Borman sits in front of his his u-pick vegetable farm in Delta Junction, Alaska, on Aug.

• Attempted murder case almost ready for trial
  

  A Delta Junction man who fled to Canada and claimed religious persecution after allegedly shooting another man in the knee wants to take his case to trial.

• Hiking Donnelly Dome grants tremendous views of Interior
  

  FAIRBANKS a ' To most people, Donnelly Dome is a giant wart they drive by on the way to Valdez or Chitina.

• GVEA glitch causes widespread power outage in Interior Alaska
  

  A fault in Golden Valley Electric Associationa TMs Healy substation resulted in a 15-minute power outage through much of the Interior on Wednesday afternoon.

• Alaska farmer carves u-pick niche out of Delta wilderness
  

  The first year Frank Borman decided to grow potatoes at his u-pick farm in Delta Junction, he grew two acres and sold them all.

• 3 candidates 8 votes apart in Alaska House primary
  

  A primary race between three candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Alaska House District 12 has come down to eight votes in the latest tally.

• Delta farmer digs u-pick: Knowing what to grow and how much is the age-old dilemma
  

  Tim Mowry/News-Miner A milk crate full of freshly-dug red potatoes sits in a field at Frank Borman's u-pick vegetable farm in Delta Junction on Aug.

• Couple farms remote Alaska homestead mostly by hand
  

  Getting to the Tanana Valley Farmers' Market twice a week all summer is no picnic for Gary and Barb McLean.

• Truthout: Alyeska employee claims coverup after May pipeline spill
  

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• Looking back in Fairbanks - Aug. 24
  

  24, 2000 a ' The Alaska Gasline Port Authority is promoting the splitting of the proposed gas line route in Delta Junction, sending one arm east to Canada via the Alaska Highway and one line south to Valdez.

• Looking Back in Fairbanks - Aug. 22
  

  22, 2000 - For 30 minutes early Monday, a river of bicyclists flowed out of the Carlson Center parking lot in 45-degree weather and through a mist of burning sage while music from "The Lion King" thundered from more than a dozen speakers.

• Thermometer hits 91 degrees in Fairbanks, shatters heat record
  

  A group of boaters strike a heroic pose before setting out on the Chena River on Sunday afternoon, August 15, 2010, from Graehl Landing.

• Thermometer hits 91 degrees at Fairbanks International Airport during record-shattering heat
  

  A group of boaters strike a heroic pose before setting out on the Chena River on Sunday afternoon, August 15, 2010, from Graehl Landing.

• Wahl, Rhodes announce nuptials
  

  Lindsey Wahl and Bryan Rhodes were married in an evening ceremony June 12, 2010, at the Kenai Senior Citizens Center.

• Community profile: Fort Greely
  

  Fort Greely, population 413 , is approximately 100 miles southeast of Fairbanks and five miles south of Delta Junction on the Richardson Highway.

• Strong gold prices support activity in Alaska's mining industry
  

  A year-long run of gold prices at or more than $1,000 per ounce, capped by a new record high of $1,261 per ounce set in June, appears to be strengthening Alaska's gold mining and exploration industry.

• Alaska aviator who died in crash is remembered
  

  It also cost Alaska one of its legendary Bush pilots, miners a crucial supplier and the aviation community an icon.

City Description

Delta Junction is a city in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 897. The city is located a short distance south of the confluence of the Delta River with the Tanana River, which is at Big Delta. It is about 160 km (99 miles) south of Fairbanks. Delta Junction is located at 64°2′52″N 145°43′7″W / 64.04778°N 145.71861°W / 64.04778; -145.71861 (64.047669, -145.718655). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 17.3 square miles (44.7 km²), all of it land. "Big Delta" lies at the intersection of the Delta River and the Tanana River. The City of Delta Junction sits on the Delta River at the intersection of the Richardson Highway and the famed Alaska Highway (actually, the end of the Alaska Highway). The city and Delta community lie within the fertile Tanana River valley. Three mountain ranges—the White Mountains to the north, the Granite Mountains to the southeast, and the Alaska Range to the southwest—and the Delta River to the west surround the city. Once overlain by glaciers, the geology is marked by glacial moraines as well as alluvial deposits from

City Contained By:

• United States of America
• Alaska
• Southeast Fairbanks Census Area

Timezones:

• Alaska Time Zone

Size:

• 44.8067943088 km squared

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