The Alaska Section of Epidemiology is working in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Arctic Investigations Program and the Municipality of Anchorage on characterizing and responding to an increased number of invasive Group A Streptococcus infections, it was announced by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services on Tuesday. Group A […]
Authorities are releasing very little in the Fairbanks Murder/Suicide case that unfolded in the Hampton Inn Suites in Fairbanks the day after Thanksgiving, although more may be released today. Fairbanks police responded to the Hampton Inn in Fairbanks on Friday afternoon after hotel staff alerted them to a man crying outside of a hotel room on […]
Despite efforts to evade Alaska State troopers following a hit-and-run accident on Sunday, Fairbanks felon, 29-year-old Ivan Vent, was ultimately apprehended by troopers, the trooper dispatch reported on Tuesday. While conducting holiday traffic enforcement, a trooper patrolling the area of the intersection of Chena Pump Road and Riverstone Way, would locate a two vehicle traffic […]
November 14, 2016 ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker today ordered all Alaska State flags be lowered in honor of former Alaska State Representative Joe Ryan, who passed away in Fairbanks on November 7th at the age of 80. Representative Ryan served in the 20th Alaska State Legislature, from 1997-1998. “Representative Ryan was a passionate advocate […]