(Fairbanks, AK) – A Fairbanks jury Thursday convicted a Maine man for killing and sexually assaulting 20-year-old Sophie Sergie in a dormitory on the University of Alaska at Fairbanks campus in April 1993. Jurors deliberated for three days before finding Steven Downs, 47, guilty of Murder in the First Degree and Sexual Assault. Downs is being […]
Caribou wearing cameras around their necks have filmed a secret world of mushroom nibbling, desperate head-shaking during bug episodes, and nuzzling of wet newborns seconds after they fall to the tundra. The caribou cams gave biologists who teamed up from several agencies a new look at the Fortymile herd. Those caribou roam in the highlands […]
On Tuesday Alaska State Troopers revealed that the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage positively identified the remains of the November 17th Tanana structure fire as those of 58-year-old Charles Erhart of Tanana. Fairbanks-based Troopers were advised of the fire at approximately 9:21 pm on November 17th and responded to the community. They found that […]
After receiving a report of a motor vehicle collision at mile 82 of the Richardson Highway at 1:50 pm on Thursday, Troopers responded to the scene to assist and investigate. Upon arrival, troopers found that 35-year-old Preston Welter had suffered serious injuries in the collision. Despite life-saving being administered, Welter succumbed to his injuries and […]