The first ever heat advisory has been issued in the state of Alaska. The National Weather Service is warning that temperatures could hit 85 degrees in the Fairbanks area on Sunday.

The folks at the National Weather Service in Alaska were nervous. They were kind of caught between a rock and a hard place.

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Before June, the weather service had issued special weather statements about high temperatures. Now they trigger heat ...

The only National Weather Service television program in Alaska is about to air its last segment. The program will move to YouTube, but internet access can be unreliable in rural areas.

The cuts amount to more than 10% of the National Weather Service Alaska Region’s roughly 200-person workforce, according to figures from an Office of Personnel Management database.

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The National Weather Service Issues Alaska's First Ever Heat Advisory. More. Mark Thiessen. FILE - People sunbathe at Goose Lake in Anchorage, Alaska., June 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File) ...

The National Weather Service recently allowed for heat advisories to be issued in Alaska, rather than the previous form of “special weather statements.” AP People sunbathe at Goose Lake in ...

The National Weather Service office in Fairbanks, Alaska, has issued a heat advisory for Sunday. This is the first of its kind ever issued for the state of Alaska – but there's a catch.

By MARK THIESSEN. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For the first time ever, parts of Alaska will be under a heat advisory — but you can put an asterisk at the end of that term.