WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Sunday to shut down the government if Congress does not fund construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border to thwart illegal immigration. The U.S. leader claimed opposition Democrats need to give him “the votes for Border Security, which includes the Wall!” and other tougher national immigration policy changes. […]
AST reported on Friday that they have six suspects in custody in connection of the July 22nd murder of North Pole man 60-year-old Charles Baptiste. An intense five-day investigation by Fairbanks police, the FBI, DEA, SDEU, and troopers culminated in the arrest of 38-year-old Joshua Erickson, Mealani Jones, age 36, Jerimiah Kinnish, 35, Kyle Morris, […]
On Saturday, Alaska State Troopers were alerted of an overdue vessel with two adults and four children that had gone missing after they failed to return the night before. In turn, AST alerted the U.S. Coast Guard of the overdue craft. Troopers in Emmonak were informed at 9:45 am on Saturday that a boat had […]
Alaska State Troopers arrested a Chugiak man on several charges and a federal warrant after a high-speed vehicle and foot chase early Saturday morning AST reported on the trooper dispatch. When troopers attempted to perform a traffic stop on a silver 2004 Ford pickup for an equipment violation near mile 55 of the Parks Highway at 3:37 […]