The man who was a key witness in the “Fairbanks Four” trial has died as a result of a suicide attempt that he carried out on Saturday, the Alaska Department of Corrections has revealed. 40-year-old Arlo Olson, of Kaltag, was incarcerated at the Fairbanks Correctional Center awaiting trial in a multiple assaults and kidnapping case […]
An early morning burglary-in-progress call on Monday morning netted seven as Fairbanks -based troopers responded to the residence and set up a perimeter. A call went in to troopers in Fairbanks reporting a burglary in progress at 7:59 am on Monday. The call was made by a friend of the homeowner who was out of […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska —Alaska National Guardsmen from the Counterdrug Support Program traveled to Galena, Alaska, May 31, to disseminate Narcan kits and other drug and alcohol education and prevention materials to local residents. The AKNG CDSP partnered with the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Division of Public Health under Project Hope to […]
(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) in cooperation with local, state, federal and military partners implemented several successful prescribed fire projects the past fall and this spring to reduce the risk of wildfires on military training areas. There were 29,379 acres burned between April 15 and May 21 […]