Fire closure order rescinded, restoring public access to popular trails and cabins near Wickersham Dome FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Due to reduced wildland fire activity associated with the Lost Horse Creek Fire (#296), the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Eastern Interior Field Office rescinded the fire closure order that temporarily closed public access to the […]
(Anchorage, AK) – An Anchorage grand jury indicted 52-year-old Lawrence Andrew Lekanoff on two counts of sexual abuse of a minor on Feb. 23. Lekanoff is charged with sexually abusing a five-year-old child in an Anchorage park in 1994. The Anchorage Police Department investigated the case in 1994; efforts to identify a suspect were unsuccessful […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – Starting at noon on Friday, locals and visitors will again be able to launch their boats and enjoy the day-use area at the Chena River State Recreation Site. Thanks to a joint clean-up effort with the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection alongside Fairbanks Rescue Mission, and restoration work by the […]
On Thursday, the man who exchanged gunfire with APD officers on Wednesday, 33-year-old Iese Gali JR, was charged with Attempted Murder of a Police Officer I, Assault of a Police Officer I and III, and Weapons Misconduct III. According to the police report, two officers were doing a security check at the Centennial Park Campground […]