(Fairbanks, AK) – Monday, Fairbanks Superior Court Judge Patricia Haines sentenced 22-year-old Jason Alvarez to 60 years with 15 years suspended for the murder of 25-year-old Chase Shank in Nov. 2022. On Nov. 7, 2022, Shank and Alvarez were at Lonnie Dorton’s home on Washington Drive in Fairbanks. Alvarez had expressed jealousy over Dorton’s male friends […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recognized longtime Alaskan truck drivers Fred Austin and John Schank on the Senate floor last week for their work driving the Capitol Christmas tree from Wrangell, Alaska to Washington, D.C. Fred and John, veteran Teamster truck drivers with combined experience of over 130 years, completed the task of hauling the […]