Alaska State Troopers report that the search for 67-year-old James Burk of Manley, who was last seen on Saturday is continuing. Troopers were alerted on Monday that Burk had not returned as expected on Sunday after he had embarked on an overnight trip in his boat from the boat launch at Nenana. The DPS HELO-2 […]
Hazel Sutton was eating lunch on an island at Tanana Lakes Recreation Area in Fairbanks with her family recently when a bird caught her eye. At first, she figured it was a semipalmated sandpiper, an ocean bird that migrates to Interior Alaska each spring to create more sandpipers. Then she squinted and figured that the […]
A 49-year-old Fairbanks man was arrested on Terroristic Threatening charges on Tuesday after a brief preliminary investigation. At approximately 11 am, AST was contacted by a caller at the Tanana Chiefs Conference. The caller who is an employee of the organization, reported having received two threatening calls from 49-year-old Robert Sullivan earlier that morning. The […]
Alaska State Troopers responded to Tanana after receiving a report of a shooting at that location on Friday afternoon. When troopers arrived on Friday it was found that 72-year-old Francis Roberts of Tanana had suffered a gunshot wound and was taken to the Tanana Clinic where he would ultimately be pronounced deceased. Troopers reported that […]