Across much of Alaska, permafrost is thawing. In most locations of interior and south Alaska, what permafrost exists is protected by the ecosystems around it. Trees, moss and peat shade the ground from summer heat and help slow thaw. At the same time, scientists predict that wildfire seasons in Alaska will increase in duration and […]
A 37-year-old man in Fairbanks was transported to the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound after calling in the incident early Tuesday morning, troopers report. The victim, whose name was not released called AST at 1:21 am on Tuesday morning to report that he had been shot by an unknown person while at […]
Alaska State Troopers responded to multiple calls reporting a vehicle in distress stopped in the wrong lane of travel on Sheep Creek and Line Drive in Fairbanks on Saturday night. AST arrived at the scene at 8:16 pm Saturday to find an adult male, identified as 49-year-old Harold Brainerd of Fairbanks, slumped over in […]
Two persons died in a two-vehicle collision on the Parks Highway on Saturday afternoon according to Alaska State Troopers. Troopers responded to mile 61 of the Parks Highway to discover that two passengers in a small 2-door coupe died as the result of a head-on collision with a full-sized pickup truck operated by a […]