JUNEAU – Friday, the House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 123 by the Senate Transportation Committee, which repeals the requirement that applicants for a commercial driver’s license (CDL) hold a regular driver’s license for one year. This requirement was enacted in 1985 before state and federal regulators modernized the training and licensing standards for CDLs. […]
On Sunday evening, APD officers responded to Gambell and East 15th Streetsafter a vehicle vs pedestrian collision at 5:09 pm. Upon arrival, the southbound lanes of Gambell were closed and the eastbound lanes of 15th were reduced to a single lane as an investigation at the scene could proceed. According to APD’s preliminary investigation, a […]
“If the vehicles weighed just one pound less, they wouldn’t be permitted on American roads because they pollute too much.” Did the U.S. Postal Service purposely calculate the weight of its new delivery vehicles at 8,501 pounds so as to skirt anti-pollution regulations by a single pound? Watchdogs are leveling that charge after the Environmental Protection […]
Fairbanks-based troopers were notified of a crash on the Old Nenana Highway and they, as well as local fire, and EMS responded to the scene just before noon on Tuesday. When they arrived at the scene, the driver, identified as 29-year-old Kyle Lawson, was discovered to have died in the crash, and was declared deceased […]