AST arrested a Fairbanks driver on charges of DUI, Endangering Welfare of a Child I, Assault III and Reckless Driving after troopers responded to a vehicle roll-over at the Tanana Lakes Recreational Area on Tuesday evening. Troopers responded to the area at 7:35 pm on Tuesday evening after receiving a report of the accident. When […]
Fairbanks police have revealed that a Fairbanks man who called in an unresponsive person on Saturday morning has been arrested on murder charges in that case. FPD reports that 21-year-old Sikoya Francis-Fields called 911 at 8:24 am to report that his girlfriend, 23-year-old Kayla Benjamin, was unresponsive at a College Road residence. Police and […]
Drivers are encouraged to check road conditions at 511.alaska.gov before traveling. (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – The Denali Highway is now open from Cantwell, on the Parks Highway, to Paxson, on the Richardson Highway. Beginning in mid-April, maintenance and operations crews with the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) removed snow, thawed culverts and completed repairs […]
Fairbanks-based troopers report that one boater survived while another perished in a Tuesday morning boating accident on the Chena River. According to the report, James Fillion, age 60, and Christopher Hight, age 64, both of Fairbanks launched their craft at mile 44 of Chena Hot Springs Road on the North Fork of the river […]