Fairbanks

The final two F-35A Joint Strike Fighter jets have arrived at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks, completing the full complement of 54 aircraft.

The victim, a 32-year-old man, knew the suspect and was “hanging out” with him before the attack occurred, Fairbanks police said.

Nearly 50 scientists from the U.S. and Europe descended on Fairbanks recently to study the sources of air pollution and how the contaminants interact in the city’s cold and dark climate.

Jubal James, 23, “admitted that he was manipulating the firearm and believing it was empty, pointed it at the victim and pulled the trigger,” troopers said.

Covey, who was a big part of the Fairbanks outdoors and academic communities, died last week at age 64.

Alaska Native community members in Fairbanks held a vigil to honor Robyn Gray, who was strangled to death in her home.

Steven Downs was found guilty Thursday for the 1993 murder and sexual assault of 20-year-old Sophie Sergie in a dormitory at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

The attack didn’t end even after Bridgett Watkins emptied her gun into the animal.

Vicky Persinger, who practically grew up at the Fairbanks Curling Club, qualified to compete in mixed doubles at the Winter Olympics in February.

An inch of rain in late December left a sheet of ice around Fairbanks that is altering life for a bevy of species.

The man was shot in the abdomen and taken to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, police said.

Steven H. Downs of Auburn, Maine, is charged in the April 25, 1993, slaying of 20-year-old Sophie Sergie of Pitkas Point.

Moose don’t want to get pushed off the plowed areas like streets and roads.

The juvenile was taken to a Fairbanks-area hospital for evaluation and medical care, troopers said.

The note found with the infant said the parents lived on a certain street in Fairbanks, but troopers on Tuesday said that’s not necessarily the truth.

A note left with the infant indicated the parent was unable to take care of the child, troopers said. The baby “is doing well and very healthy,” according to a hospital spokeswoman.

The Fairbanks airport had reopened by Thursday and road conditions were better, but transportation officials warned travel remained challenging.

Some homes may be without power until Thursday. Crews are working to clear roadways of thick ice and heavy snow, but more snowfall is expected Tuesday.

A Maine man charged in a young woman’s killing 28 years ago at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks will be allowed to present evidence about three alternative suspects.

His death follows those this past month of three other Alaska-based soldiers, whose causes of death have not yet been made public by the Army.