June began cool and wet but rapidly changed to hot and dry at the midpoint, with wildfires bursting out across the state, according to the monthly summary from the Alaska Climate Research Center. The month also saw the first issuance of the new “heat advisory” by the National Weather Service. Unusually hot weather was previously noted […]
On Friday evening at 5:30 pm, troopers in Galena were notified of a woman had fallen into the Yukon River and would fail to surface. Troopers and local people from Galena responded to the scene to attempt retrieval by 6 pm. The investigation at the scene would find that 33-year-old Marie Sheldon had been sitting […]
The Alaska State Troopers are seeking the public’s help in locating the individual responsible for smashing the window of a patrol car parked at the Trooper post in Fairbanks during the early morning hours of June 15, 2025. Alaska State Trooper Captain Spitzer and several local business leaders are personally offering a reward totaling $4,000 […]
(Fairbanks, Alaska) — This week, the Alaska State Troopers and Fairbanks Police Department arrested Gareth Ward for allegedly sexually assaulting multiple juveniles in the Fairbanks area. On July 8, 2025, at 2:29 am, Alaska State Troopers in Fairbanks received a request for a welfare check on an underage female. AST responded to the location in North […]