UPDATE: While thin ice and open water hamper recovery efforts at the scene, troopers say remains that have been recovered have been turned over to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for positive identification. NTSB continues its investigation into the cause of the crash. Troopers ask that people continue to avoid the area. ORIGINAL: Alaska State […]
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Friday the Bureau of Land Management released its proposed plan to guide management of 13.3 million acres of public lands in central and northern Alaska, including portions of the central Yukon River watershed and the Dalton Highway corridor. The Central Yukon Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement reflects public input […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Fairbanks man was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for coercing two minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct. According to court documents, in September 2022, Leveron Moore, 40, enticed two minors, aged 15 and 16 at the time, for the purpose of coercive sexual exploitation. Moore also used his […]
Veteran musher Dallas Seavey (bib #7), of Talkeetna, Alaska, is the first musher to reach the Cripple checkpoint, which is halfway point of the Northern Route in Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race®. Seavey arrived at 8:09 p.m. with 15 dogs in harness. By arriving first in Cripple, Seavey wins the Dorothy G. Page Halfway Award and has a […]