The second-largest earthquake on the planet in 1904 happened somewhere in Alaska. It could have been St. Michael, Rampart, Fairbanks, Coldfoot or a place called Sunrise on the Kenai Peninsula. People felt the magnitude 7.3 at each place. If an earthquake happens today, within a few minutes Alaska Earthquake Center researchers post a map […]
A Fairbanks teen was arrested on terroristic threatening charges by troopers on Thursday following a call-in from school staff at West Valley High School at 9:48 am, the trooper dispatch reported. The call-in was the result of school staff finding a threat on a student’s Twitter account. It was discovered that 19-year-old Nickholas Palacio had […]
Hello old friend. I thought you were dead. Sorry, but remember last year, when you didn’t show up? It was the first recorded winter in Fairbanks when the thermometer at the airport didn’t register minus 30 Fahrenheit. I didn’t know what to think. But here you are, a blob straight from the North Pole, squatting […]
AST notified the public of a scam that is possibly targetting senior citizens in the state, after receiving a report from a elderly man in Fairbanks. At 6:11 pm, on Friday, troopers in Fairbanks were called by an 80-year-old man who reported that he had received a call reporting that his grandson had been picked […]
Alaska State Troopers say that their death investigation into the death of a Fairbanks man who died outside of Selawik Hot Springs currently shows no suspicious circumstances. 27-year-old Travis Loughridge, of Fairbanks departed Shungnak at approximately noon on Saturday on his way to Fairbanks. When he departed, he was on a black Ski-Doo 800 and […]
Fairbanks-based troopers, on Monday, report that they received a report from a business-owner in Fox, that his business was riddled with bullet holes. At 8 am on Monday, troopers went to the business to investigate the incident and found that the business had been shot at at least five times with a .45 caliber firearm. […]
An investigation into the poaching of five caribou in the Slana area on Monday resulted in the arrest of a 29-year-old man and a 31-year-old female. Troopers arrested 29-year-old Joshua Nelson for a violation of court-approved third party duties. Venessa Murphy, age 31 of Slana was also placed under arrest for violating the conditions of her […]
A semi-truck hauling double fuel tankers on the Richardson Highway near milepost 164.4 suffered a rollover on Monday, spilling diesel fuel into the ditch, troopers reported Tuesday. Troopers were called to the scene of the rollover at 3:40 pm Monday afternoon and began an investigation of the incident. Their investigation found that 57-year-old Thomas […]
Two persons were injured and a third person died in a Parks Highway rollover that occurred on Thursday afternoon, troopers reported on Friday morning. Troopers were called out to the accident at mile 120.5 of the Parks Highway at 3:47 pm on Thursday. When they arrived, they found that the driver of the vehicle, 31-year-old […]