FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The state will start charging fees for the popular Chena River State Recreation Area and other recreational sites in Interior Alaska next month. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that visitors to the 12 sites within the Chena recreation area will have to pay a $5 entrance fee starting in May. The…
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Lawyer: Airport shooting suspect’s mental health stable
MIAMI (AP) — A defense lawyer says the mental condition of an Alaska man accused of killing five people and wounding six at a Florida airport has stabilized. An attorney for 27-year-old Esteban Santiago of Anchorage, Alaska, said at a hearing Friday he continues to take anti-psychotic medication for schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder and is…
Alaska man gets 42 years for killing friend’s boyfriend
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A North Pole man charged with breaking into a woman’s home and fatally shooting her boyfriend as she and her daughter hid in a closet has been sentenced to 42 years in prison. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Matthew Burton Davis was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to murder last year.…
Police search for hit-and-run driver who struck 44-year-old
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The Fairbanks Police Department is looking for a driver who fled after hitting a 44-year-old woman who was walking alongside a road. Police say the woman was walking north along Kathryn Avenue to College Road at 12:40 p.m. Saturday when she was hit by the vehicle. She suffered life-threatening injuries and…
Alaska city donates 5 lots to Habitat for Humanity
KENAI, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska city of Kenai is donating five lots to Habitat for Humanity, allowing the organization to build a house in Kenai every two years until 2026. The Peninsula Clarion reports that Kenai obtained the five wooded lots through tax and assessment foreclosures in 1987. After failed attempts to sell the…
Alaska high school helps disabled students find summer jobs
BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — A high school in Alaska is helping students with disabilities find summer jobs. KYUK-AM reports that Bethel Regional High School is participating in a state-funded program that will match students with disabilities with local businesses. The program is designed for students with different types of disabilities, including those with learning disabilities…
The Latest: Oil company closes another Alaska pipeline
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A petroleum company suspected of crude oil and natural gas leaks in Alaska’s Cook Inlet has a problem at a third petroleum platform. Hilcorp Alaska LLC says it shut down an underwater natural gas pipeline after observing that the volume of gas shipped from a production platform didn’t match what was…
AEL&P: Bird top suspect in downtown power outage
An AEL&P spokeswoman said 1,154 AEL&P customers lost power. It was restored after 41 minutes.
Fairbanks to implement harsher air quality regulations
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The Fairbanks North Star Borough is preparing to enforce more burn bans as part of stricter rules aimed at cleaning up the city’s heavily polluted air. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the Borough Assembly voted to adopt the new regulations Thursday. The goal is to address problems with fine particulate, which…
Eskimo village aims to serve up reindeer meat far and wide
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Tribal leaders in a tiny Native village in western Alaska are expanding their commercial reindeer subsidiary to soon include sales of the lean meat to larger urban markets. The venture by Mekoryuk’s (ma-KOR’-ee-yuck) tribal government includes plans to build a new slaughterhouse and offer the meat for sale in places like…