The Fairbanks Rural Unit with the Alaska State Troopers took a Manley Hot Springs man into custody on multiple charges following a disturbance call from that community on Saturday. Troopers responded to Manley Hot Springs at midnight Saturday and opened an investigation that found that Randall Self, age 29, had pointed a crossbow at a […]
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska—Clear Air Force Station, a remote military installation about 75 miles southwest of Fairbanks, was officially renamed to Clear Space Force Station during a ceremony June 15. The renaming was part of ongoing efforts to develop the Space Force, the United States’ sixth military branch, while identifying those Air Force […]
At 1:34 pm on Wednesday afternoon, the International Emergency Response Coordination Center (IERCC) contacted Fairbanks-based troopers and informed them that they had received a spot beacon activation from the Finger Mountain area with a message reporting that a hiker “was injured and barely conscious,” AST reported. “Coldfoot AWT, Helo 2, members of the Fairbanks AST […]
FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – Two families were temporarily displaced last night after a fire started in a trashcan adjacent to a soldier’s home that spread to the house. The Fort Wainwright Department of Emergency Services received a 911 call at 10:53 p.m. about a structure fire in the end unit of a four-plex on Boysenberry […]
Alaska State Troopers were notified at 3:17 am on Saturday that a suspect was “observed taking a large stack of mail into a rented U-Haul pickup truck from mailboxes on Chena Hot Springs Road,” troopers reported. Due to that alert reporting people stealing items in the area, AST located the U-Haul and initiated a traffic […]
Multi-month operation into child pornography and non-compliant sex offenders concludes. (ANCHORAGE, AK) – Last week, a Fairbanks Grand Jury indicted two men from Interior Alaska on multiple charges related to possession and distribution of child pornography. The charges came as a result of Operation Northern Exposure, a joint Alaska law enforcement operation to disrupt, stop, […]
A 21-year-old Fairbanks man has been arrested and is charged with Robbery I, Assault, Criminal Mischief, Theft and Vehicle Theft after troopers there responded to multiple calls on Sunday morning and afternoon. The caller reported to troopers that the suspect, now identified as Anthony Simpson, age 21, had “pistol-whipped him before stealing his vehicle and […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air and Army National Guardsmen rescued 12 stranded mountaineers on Klutlan Glacier, southeast of Mt. Bona in Wrangell-St Elias National Park, June 1. The rescue response was initiated at 7:55 a.m. on May 29 when the National Park Service requested support from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center after receiving […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing partnered with multiple civil search and rescue partners to rescue a hiker injured in a fall on May 26 near Kennicott, Alaska. National Park Service contacted the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center at 6:20 p.m. on May 26 to notify them of the incident […]