It was on Friday evening, at 8:25 pm that Alaska State Troopers stopped a vehicle a 1198 Ford Taurus for a moving violation on the Sterling Highway at mile 48 in Cooper Landing. But, as troopers approached the vehicle, the vehicle sped away from the scene and travelled up Snug Harbor Road at a high […]
20-year-old Tanana resident, the accused killer of two Alaska State Troopers, Nathanial Kangas was arraigned in Fairbanks on Saturday afternoon. He was arraigned in a courtroom filled with law enforcement. At arraignment, N. Kangas pled “Not Guilty,” to two counts of Murder I, and one count of Assault III. He was appointed a Public Defender, and his […]
Very little information is being provided concerning the incident in Tanana that took the lives of two Alaska State Troopers. identified as Sgt. Patrick “Scott” Johnson and Trooper Gabriel “Gabe” Rich, at shortly after 3pm Thursday afternoon. Both troopers were based out of the Fairbanks Unit. AST states in the dispatch that two troopers, Johnson and […]
ANCHORAGE: In Anchorage, Juneau and Fairbanks, Gov. Parnell’s budget is forcing property tax rate increases and teacher layoffs. By “locking in” three more years of education cuts, the legislature has forced local governments to choose between teacher layoffs and higher taxes. The damage is even worse in Fairbanks because reduced pipeline property taxes are shifting […]