HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – A U.S. Army Alaska soldier was found dead in his vehicle in Fairbanks Friday, Nov. 26. The cause of death is under investigation by the Alaska State Troopers and the Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID). Foul play is not suspected. Spc. Isaiah Nicholas Oneal, 22, was […]
Alaska State Troopers report that following an extensive investigation spanning four and a half months, a Fairbank officer was taken into custody and charged with two counts of Assault II and a count of Assault IV. According to AST, Fairbanks-based troopers responded to a Harding Lake address in response to a Domestic Violence disturbance at […]
A random meeting between a scientist and an artist in the remote and quirky village of McCarthy, Alaska, last year led to new ways to communicate with the public about rapid changes occurring on the Kennicott Glacier. Glaciologist Eric Petersen from the University of Alaska Geophysical Institute met artist and arts administrator Nina Elder during […]
Drawing created by Mr. Keeling that showed his desire to see his former girlfriend harmed, including a hand-drawn picture of her home in flames. FAIRBANKS – A Fairbanks man was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison and three years of supervised release by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Beistline for stalking and […]
A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist has discovered a method for detecting and better defining meteorite impact sites that have long lost their tell-tale craters. The discovery could further the study of not only Earth’s geology but also that of other bodies in our solar system. The key, according to work by associate research professor Gunther […]
On Monday evening a 17-year-old teen lost his life in a head-on collision with a Peterbilt tanker truck, troopers revealed. At 5:26 pm on Monday, troopers were notified of the collision at mile 2 on Chena Hot Springs Road and they responded to the scene along with first responders. Upon arrival, the teen, only identified […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – The Fairbanks District Attorney’s Office Friday charged 34-year-old Anthony Lee Frey with Attempted Murder in the First Degree for repeatedly ramming and shooting at a vehicle on Monday, November 8, 2021. The driver of the other vehicle did not know Frey. For this charge, Frey faces a sentencing range of five to 99 […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – Joshua Eric Butcher, 41, was arraigned Monday, Nov. 8, on one count of murder in the first degree for the Nov. 7 shooting at a Safeway in Fairbanks that took the life of Harley Titus. Another individual suffered a gunshot wound to his foot. Butcher later turned himself in at the Fairbanks Police […]
On Tuesday afternoon Alaska State Troopers in Fairbanks were notified that there were four woman stranded on an island on the Tanana River. AST reports that “The Alaska Wildlife Troopers and Fairbanks Airport Police and Fire responded to the area.” But, upon their arrival at 2:57 pm, they determined that the conditions were too dangerous […]