FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Recent bear incidents at the Walker Fork Campground have prompted the Bureau of Land Management to temporarily close the campground, located at mile post 82 of the Taylor Highway 10 miles east of Chicken, Alaska. Since July 2 a young black bear has repeated visits to the campground despite hazing efforts. The […]
Troopers say that they believe that a man who died in a Glenn Highway accident on Wednesday had suffered a medical emergency just prior to the incident just before 1 pm. According to the report, the driver of a 1995 Ford F-150, identified as 76-year-old Noble Sherwood, crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic at […]
An RV caught fire and the two occupants suffered injuries after an accident at mile 96 of the Parks Highway on Thursday afternoon, troopers reported. A call went in to troopers at 3:59 pm on Thursday, reporting that an RV had left the roadway on the Parks and was smoking. When AST and EMS arrived […]
A convicted felon was picked up on several charges after he pulled into an active investigation on McGrath Road on Thursday night. Troopers had been at a McGrath Road residence in Fairbanks conducting an investigation at 9:48 pm on Thursday, when 46-year-old Guy Hines pulled into the residence in a white Ford Escort. Upon his […]