FAIRBANKS – The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) awarded three contracts for Type 2 wildland firefighting hand crews based in rural northeastern and Interior Alaska villages for the 2020 fire season. The contractors selected will base crews in the Upper Yukon and Tanana Fire Management Zones for quick response to fires within BLM AFS protection areas. […]
Alaska State Troopers divulged that a Northway man committed suicide during a stand-off with the Fairbanks Northern SERT on Monday afternoon. According to the report, Tok-based troopers attempted to contact Northway man 37-year-old Timothy Thomas in that community at 4:28 pm on Monday. Thomas, who was a suspect in a felony DV assault involving […]
Another man, this one in Fairbanks, has been charged with Terroristic Threatening amid the Coronavirus crises troopers reported on Wednesday morning. Troopers responded to the scene of a Fairbanks business at 7:52 pm on Tuesday after receiving a report of a man urinating on work vehicles at that location. When they arrived, they made […]
Alaska State Troopers responded to the scene of a burglary/assault at 3:09 pm on Sunday and arrested a suspect, AST reported on Monday. When they responded after the assault call, they made contact with Jeremiah Scott, age 22 of Ft Wainwright. While troopers revealed no details in the incident, they reported that they initiated […]