FAIRBANKS – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging a Fairbanks U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee with wire fraud and embezzlement of public funds for perpetrating a years-long scheme to steal money from her employer. According to court documents, Kimberly C. Robinson was employed with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service […]
In late February, the Alaska State Legislature’s Interior Delegation consisting of legislators serving Interior Alaska sent a letter to the EPA outlining their united opposition to proposed air quality regulations for PM2.5 emissions within the Fairbanks North Star Borough. Members of the Interior Delegation said the following about the proposed regulations: “The Fairbanks North Star […]
Alaska State Troopers report that they took 26-year-old Rick Peterson, an absconder attempting to escape from the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital where he was admitted on February 22nd after troopers shot him. Peterson was shot by troopers Brian LeMay and Cody Royer after he pulled a firearm from his waistband while trying to escape troopers after […]
Alaska State Troopers managed to track a felony probation/parolee through the snow on Monday night that ended in an arrest within a short time according to their dispatch on Tuesday morning. Troopers came upon a broken dowh vehicle that had been abandoned on the Parks Highway near Healy. The officers would follow tracks leading away […]