Fairbanks

Meteorologists rely on the work churned out by people they never see, who feed weather information to supercomputers all over the world.

Prosecutors in Fairbanks have charged an Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities plow driver with drunken driving on the job.

A relative called 911 on Monday morning to report the child had been harmed, police said Tuesday.

Former Democratic state Rep. Grier Hopkins won by less 1%. He will be sworn in at an Oct. 24 Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly meeting.

Alaska State Troopers said the Salcha resident failed to yield at a stop sign and pulled out in front of an ore truck that company officials say was empty.

Philip Wrobel was injured and the family home damaged after Alaska State Troopers sent a SWAT team to transport him for evaluation, according to a lawsuit filed this month.

The girl was driving the all-terrain vehicle at a campground with an adult riding behind her, troopers said.

There’s no statewide ban on fireworks this year, but their use is limited or restricted in many parts of the state. Local burn restrictions are also in place for some areas as firefighters battle several active wildfires.

A 35-mile stretch of the Elliott Highway with more than 160 residences was threatened by fire Wednesday.

Elsewhere along the Parks Highway, firefighters were working to slow the Montana Creek Fire south of Talkeetna that had grown to 172 acres.

Roughly 20 houses were threatened by the Globe Fire along a 9-mile stretch of the Elliott Highway on Thursday, BLM Alaska Fire Service officials said.

Michael Welch, who claimed his memory problems might be due to concussions, is running for a seat in the Alaska House this year.

More than 35,000 acres had burned by Tuesday on the west side of the Tanana River, fire officials said.

Federal prosecutors have accused a Fairbanks woman for stealing from an Alaska Native tribe after she allegedly took money from a tribally owned bingo parlor while working there.

The Alaska State Troopers this week said Harry Secoy and John Sliwinski died in the fiery crash of the Douglas DC-4 into the Tanana River on April 23.

Assault charges against the accused shooter were amended to second-degree murder on Monday. A second man accused of starting the fight was arrested Sunday.

A 21-year-old man accused of shooting the victim in the head faces a charge of first-degree assault. It wasn’t immediately clear whether additional charges may be filed against him after the victim died.

The crash of the Douglas DC-4 on the Tanana River in late April killed two people hauling fuel to the Northwest Alaska community of Kobuk.

The statue of the Hall of Fame baseball player will be unveiled June 21 in coordination with the annual Midnight Sun Game.

The plane was headed to Kobuk with nearly 4,500 gallons of fuel onboard when it crashed, an NTSB official said.

A witness described hearing an explosion before the Douglas DC-4 went down Tuesday morning along the Tanana River.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District has decided to close Ben Eielson Junior-Senior High School at the end of the school year due to budget shortfalls.

Ben Eielson Junior-Senior High School students would transfer to North Pole Middle School and High School.