State drops charges against official who damaged car
The state has dismissed criminal charges filed last summer against the coordinator of Village Public Safety Officers for interior Alaska.
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US Rep. Young asks Army for inquiry into suicides at Fort Wainwright
Alaska Congressman Don Young has asked the Army surgeon general to send a team to analyze issues including the fort’s mental health services.
Fairbanks teen sentenced to 2 years in prison for robbery
Prosecutors say the 17-year-old was not armed but pretended to be by holding his hand in a sweater pocket.
Conservatives rally amid anti-discrimination veto debate
Mayor Jim Matherly, in vetoing the measure, said he wanted to put the issue to voters.
Earthquake hits central part of Alaska; no damage reported
The Alaska Earthquake Center says the magnitude 3.7 earthquake hit an area 18 miles south of Fairbanks.
Fairbanks council unlikely to reverse veto of equal rights protections
Mayor Jim Matherly said he hopes to let residents decide by placing the issue on the ballot in October.
UAF student injured in fall from seventh floor of dormitory
Campus police received a report of a student acting erratically shortly before the fall.
Troopers deployed spike strips to stop fleeing Fairbanks man -- but he kept going for 19 miles
Anthony Jones, 55, got all the way to Salcha though his “two front tires were now on rims only.”
Assembly votes for gender-neutral pronouns in ordinance code
The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly has agreed to remove gender-specific pronouns from its ordinance code.
Fairbanks mayor vetoes LGBTQ anti-discrimination protections
Fairbanks Mayor Jim Matherly says he hopes to put the issue on the ballot in October and let voting residents decide.
Fairbanks adds equal rights protections for LGBTQ residents
The city of Fairbanks has passed sweeping new equal rights protections for the LGBTQ community and others.
Former co-workers describe ‘uncomfortable’ behavior of man now charged in 1993 Fairbanks killing
One former colleague said she also saw Steven Downs, a 44-year-old nurse living in Maine, mistreat a resident at a care facility where he worked.
Fairbanks man starts shooting after collision, troopers say
Troopers took a call that a man had crashed his pickup into a car carrying a family with four juveniles on a rural road east of Fairbanks.
North Pole man sentenced to 15 years for child pornography
The 43-year-old has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for distribution and receipt of child porn.
Maine man charged in Alaska cold-case killing contests extradition
Steven Downs of Auburn, Maine, made his first court appearance since his Friday arrest for a 1993 killing at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Fairbanks North Star Borough to remove CBD ads on buses
The borough does not accept ads that involve cannabis, alcohol, tobacco, politics or adult themes for borough buses, which are federally subsidized, an official said.
How genealogists helped track down the Maine man accused of killing Sophie Sergie nearly 26 years ago
Public genetic data was used to help identify a former student now charged in the 1993 murder in a University of Alaska Fairbanks dormitory.
Fairbanks police name officers who shot and killed suspect
The four officers have all been placed on administrative leave, the Fairbanks Police Department said.
25 years after Sophie Sergie was found dead in a UAF bathtub, Maine man charged with murder
State troopers used new DNA technology to identify the suspect, a former UAF student.
Fairbanks officers kill crime spree suspect who pointed gun at them, police say
Police say Garrett James Ebenal, a convicted felon on probation, was involved in a recent string of crimes that included armed carjackings and a robbery.