Next week, Indigenous leaders from rural Alaska will convene in Fairbanks to share information about environmental injustices in Alaska with elected and Biden Administration officials. This event is part of a series of community-oriented efforts launched by WE ACT for Environmental Justice to ensure transparency and collaboration between elected officials, municipalities, and people who experience […]
More than 50 researchers will be in Alaska in August for the resumption of a science summer school that culminates with experiments at the High-frequency Active Aurora Research Program facility operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. The Polar Aeronomy and Radio Science Summer School was last held more than 10 years ago. […]
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment on July 20 charging two Fairbanks men with eight federal charges linked to an illegal big-game guide-outfitter operation. According to court documents, Jun “Harry” Liang, 59, and Brian Phelan, 51, of Fairbanks, conspired to provide guide-outfitter services for caribou and brown bear hunts […]
UPDATE: Alaska State Troopers report that Wesley “Scotty” Cruikshank has been apprehended and have released further information into the homicide case Friday morning. Troopers say that a person spotted Cruikshank on their property at 8:30 am near mile 23 Chena Hot Springs Road and called in a report to troopers. Troopers responded and took the […]
