(Fairbanks, AK) – Friday, Superior Court Judge Amy K. Welch sentenced 26-year-old Shaheed Fleming for sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl, a 14-year-old girl, and a 15-year-old girl in 2021. Fleming had been found guilty of 23 total counts. Judge Welch sentenced Fleming to 79.5 years of incarceration with 55 years suspended for 24.5 years […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Monday, President Donald J. Trump approved the appeal of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA), directing his Administration to promptly issue authorizations necessary for the Ambler Road Project. President Trump’s decision overturns the Biden Administration’s 2024 rejection of the road and proceeds forward with a project that will provide access […]
This summer, the real enemy in many Fairbanks gardens wasn’t drought or moose — it was slugs. “I get more calls about slugs every year,” said Gooseberry Peter, agriculture and integrated pest management program assistant with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. Most people calling have never had slugs before, making these slimy critters a […]
The roar of aircraft engines echoed across Alaska’s interior skies as an unusual payload dropped from the back of a plane during exercise Arctic Edge 25. Instead of a simple parachute bundle drifting to the ground, the device kicked into motion and steered itself toward a precise landing zone. For Special Operations Command North, the […]