JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Three Soldiers were killed and one injured when two AH-64 Apache helicopters from the 1st Attack Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment at Fort Wainwright crashed Thursday near Healy. The helicopters were returning from a training mission when they collided in flight. Two soldiers were declared dead at the scene of the […]
FAIRBANKS – On April 14, 2023, Senior District Judge Ralph R. Beistline of the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska sentenced Jason Benjamin O’Bryan, 30, of Fairbanks, Alaska, to 121 months of imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release for attempting to distribute 897 grams of methamphetamine and possession of nine firearms. […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – On April 12, 2023, a Fairbanks grand jury indicted Logan Alvin Bruce of North Pole for one count of murder in the first degree and two counts of murder in the second degree. The charges stem from an incident which occurred on April 1, 2023 involving the shooting death of Aaron Ham, Bruce’s […]
SEATTLE– The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday that Northern Star (Pogo) L.L.C. was fined $600,000 for improper storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous materials at its gold mine and laboratory in Delta Junction, Alaska. “Strict accountability for hazardous waste is vital to protecting people and the environment at every step of the way,” said […]