(Fairbanks) – Tuesday, Patrick Marsh, 30, was sentenced to 75 years for the 2019 murder of Trisha Pearson in her home on Yankovich Road in Fairbanks. Pearson rented a portion of her home to one of Marsh’s friends. Marsh was present at the residence while the friend was out of town. Marsh and Pearson got […]
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will honor the Class of 2024 during its 102nd commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 4, at 1 p.m. at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks. The university’s first commencement took place in 1923, when the sole graduate, John Sexton Shanly, received a bachelor’s degree in agriculture. On Saturday, UAF expects to […]
Smoke may be visible northeast of Eielson Air Force Base and off Richardson Highway FAIRBANKS, ALASKA – Starting as early as Thursday, May 2, the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS), in coordination with the U.S. Army Garrison Alaska, will implement prescribed fires in several live-fire ranges of the Yukon Training Area near […]
Salmon and their finned brethren are a lot like Sunday drivers. They enjoy meandering in curved passages, stopping to rest in the shade and grabbing a bite to eat along their journey. A century ago, Cripple Creek in Fairbanks’ western neighborhoods offered such possibilities to Chinook, or king, salmon. Then industrial mining in the 1930s […]