Fairbanks News

FAIRBANKS a ' A Fairbanks jury has convicted a 21-year-old man of most of the charges related to three sexual assaults.

A settlement between the Fairbanks Catholic Diocese and a creditors committee representing nearly 300 alleged sex abuse victims might be resolved by early next week.

Seven of the deaths have been Fairbanks-related. The state Health Department says it's looking for the Fairbanks connection as it monitors people hospitalized with the virus in Alaska.

Drue Pearce will attend a public meeting on natural gas development in Fairbanks tonight despite word of her pending resignation as a federal project coordinator, organizers for the meeting said Monday.

Ravens circle and soar overhead as what appeared to be hundreds of ravens flocked to the Minnie Street area near Noyes Slough Tuesday morning, November 17, 2009.

Sam Pierce isn't surprised his son, Jeremy Pierce, is handling adversity well. The now 23-year-old Jeremy has shown a stubborn persistence since he was a boy.

Amanda Coolley lives a relatively anonymous life in her hometown of Fairbanks, but she's the newest reality television star in the Philippines.

University of Alaska Museum of the North visitor services supervisor Morgan Simpson arranges a display of copies of former Alaska Gov.

FAIRBANKS a 'A A proposal under consideration by the Borough Assembly makes it harder for landowners to invoke and maintain grandfather rights a ' special land use privileges that conflict with zoning laws.

Members of the University Fire Department tear sheet metal off the side of a Gold Rush Estates mobile home Saturday afternoon, November 7, 2009, while battling a fire.

Former Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor Juanita Helms died Saturday night at Denali Center.

State lawmakers, who would have the option of seeking a legislative veto if a proposed city expansion advances, are showing mixed reactions to the city plan.

Two support companies officially returned to business Thursday at Fort Wainwright.

Luke Hopkins has won the race for Fairbanks North Star Borough mayor. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported that Hopkins widened his lead over Tammie Wilson when early, absentee and questioned ballots were counted Tuesday.

Alaska State Troopers have identified the officer who wounded a man in a shooting in Fairbanks last Friday.

Another gold rush seems to be under way in Alaska. The state's gold production last year - 800,000 ounces - was the highest since 1916.

An 81-year-old man was Tasered during a traffic stop last week. It is the second time since 1998 that police have had to make a show of force during a traffic stop to arrest Glen M. Wilcox, a Fairbanks-based Episcopalian priest and real estate agent.

FAIRBANKS a ' A Fairbanks man has been charged in connection with a string of armed robberies that terrorized businesses in west Fairbanks last year.

The superintendent of the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District is resigning.

A man facing kidnapping and attempted murder charges has turned himself in. Jaamar Brown, 27, is accused of threatening to kill his estranged wife Oct.