Hazel Sutton was eating lunch on an island at Tanana Lakes Recreation Area in Fairbanks with her family recently when a bird caught her eye. At first, she figured it was a semipalmated sandpiper, an ocean bird that migrates to Interior Alaska each spring to create more sandpipers. Then she squinted and figured that the […]
The fire prevention order is in effect until October 31 unless rescinded FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Wednesday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Fairbanks District issued a fire prevention order prohibiting campfires, fireworks and explosives on federal lands in a fire-prone area of black spruce near Fox, Alaska, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) […]
A 49-year-old Fairbanks man was arrested on Terroristic Threatening charges on Tuesday after a brief preliminary investigation. At approximately 11 am, AST was contacted by a caller at the Tanana Chiefs Conference. The caller who is an employee of the organization, reported having received two threatening calls from 49-year-old Robert Sullivan earlier that morning. The […]
The Alaska State Troopers received a report of theft from mailboxes Goldhill Road near Doc John Drive at 10:55 on Wednesday morning and responded to the area. Troopers were told that a woman was rifling through the boxes. When troopers got to the area, a woman in a vehicle at the scene jumped out along […]