Delta Junction-based AST reported a heavy equipment accident that resulted in a fatality that occurred on Saturday afternoon at a work site. According to the report, AST and Fort Greely EMS were advised of the injury at 3:33 pm on Saturday afternoon. People at the scene recovered the injured worker, identified as 36-year-old Ivan […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Responding to a request for assistance last night from the Alaska State Troopers, the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing rescued an injured hiker. Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th rescue squadrons rescued the distressed hiker who was stranded on Pioneer Peak, a mountain that […]
FAIRBANKS, AK — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Interior Field Office, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, will open caribou hunting on federal public lands in Units 20E, 25C and 20F on Aug. 1, 2020, to provide opportunities for subsistence. The hunt, which is limited to qualified rural residents, includes […]
An attempted traffic stop on Davis Road in Fairbanks ended in a crash and foot chase at approximately 6 am on Tuesday morning, AST reported today. A trooper on patrol spotted a vehicle with equipment violations on Davis Road and attempted to pull the vehicle over, but the vehicle sped away with troopers, Fairbanks, […]