Jason Alvarez Sentenced to Serve 45 Years for Murder

Jason Alvarez Sentenced to Serve 45 Years for Murder

(Fairbanks, AK) – Monday, Fairbanks Superior Court Judge Patricia Haines sentenced 22-year-old Jason Alvarez to 60 years with 15 years suspended for the murder of 25-year-old Chase Shank in Nov. 2022.  On Nov. 7, 2022, Shank and Alvarez were at Lonnie Dorton’s home on Washington Drive in Fairbanks.  Alvarez had expressed jealousy over Dorton’s male friends […]

Sullivan Chairs Commerce Hearing on Reviving Commercial, U.S. Navy Shipbuilding

Sullivan Chairs Commerce Hearing on Reviving Commercial, U.S. Navy Shipbuilding

 WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today chaired a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries which examined how to modernize and accelerate U.S. commercial and Navy shipbuilding while strengthening America’s broader maritime industrial base. In his opening remarks and questions of witnesses, Sen. Sullivan focused on the current […]