JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guard Airmen of the 176th Wing rescued four hunters in two missions during a single sortie on Sept. 18 in Arctic Alaska. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center at JBER opened the first mission in response to a request from the Alaska State Troopers to rescue two hunters stranded on […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – On Sept. 17, 2026, Superior Court Judge Brent Bennett sentenced 36-year-old Julian Miranda for two counts of Sexual Assault in the First Degree for sexually assaulting two Fairbanks women in 2012. On March 4, 2026 a Fairbanks jury found Miranda guilty of both crimes. Fairbanks Superior Court Judge Bennett presided over the […]
On September 9, 2026, at approximately 12:09 a.m., the Alaska State Troopers received a report of a shooting in the village of Minto. The initial report indicated that 18-year-old William Charlie had sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Emergency medical personnel responded and began providing treatment before Charlie was medevacked from the area for […]
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A Fairbanks man was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison for carrying a machinegun during a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents, in early 2025, the Fairbanks Police Department conducted eTraces on firearms recovered at multiple crime scenes. Several firearms were linked to Mason Lanon, 23. The Bureau of Alcohol, […]