On Wednesday, Alaska State Troopers reported that they had yet again arrested 35-year-old Fairbanks man, Thomas Charles Watega, this time for Violating Conditions of Release and Unlawful Contact. He had been recently taken into custody for Sexual Abuse of a Minor in an instance involving a 16-year-old who worked at a Fairbanks store where he […]
On Monday evening three sledding juveniles were injured, one fatally while sledding down a driveway directly into the path of a pickup truck according to troopers. Troopers received a 911 call reporting the collision near Deep Freeze Court at 5:15 pm on Monday. The preliminary investigation found that the three juveniles were sledding down a […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason rejected the United States’ efforts to restrict the application of well-established federal law in determining whether the State of Alaska is the rightful owner of submerged lands below the upper North Fork of the Fortymile River. The Fortymile River is 180 miles east of […]
The Yukon River village of Galena and the University of Alaska Fairbanks will investigate whether in-river turbines can provide electricity to the community. The UAF Alaska Center for Energy and Power and the nonprofit Sustainable Energy for Galena Alaska will explore the idea. Their project has received a $9.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. The project […]