FAIRBANKS, AK – Saturday, Governor Mike Dunleavy signed into law Senate Bill 119 State Identification Card for Prisoners which unanimously passed the legislature in the final days of the 2023 regular session. SB 119 provides easier access to identification cards for reentrants upon release, granting them an important tool for re-entry. SB 119 grants the […]
Scientists in northern Alaska are learning about polar bears by scraping snow samples from the tracks they leave behind. That snow contains tiny flecks of the massive creatures — mostly cells shed from their foot pads. From the DNA within those cells, scientists have been able to identify individual polar bears. Lisette Waits of the […]
On Tuesday Alaska State Troopers revealed that the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage positively identified the remains of the November 17th Tanana structure fire as those of 58-year-old Charles Erhart of Tanana. Fairbanks-based Troopers were advised of the fire at approximately 9:21 pm on November 17th and responded to the community. They found that […]
December 1, 2021 (Anchorage, AK) – On July 24th, 1989, human remains were found on the northwest shore of Fire Island, west of Anchorage. Investigators from the Alaska State Troopers (AST) responded to the scene and collected the remains. An autopsy concluded that the victim was a Caucasian male, estimated to be 35 to 50 […]