May 5—A man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries early Saturday after he was shot outside a Fairbanks bar, police said. A 21-year-old man charged with assault in the case is accused of shooting the victim in the head during a fistfight, according to a criminal complaint filed against him. Fairbanks Police Department […]
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Pilot reported fire onboard plane carrying fuel, attempted to return to Fairbanks just before crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — One of the two pilots aboard an airplane carrying fuel reported there was a fire on the airplane shortly before it crashed and burned outside Fairbanks, killing both people on board, a federal aviation official said Wednesday. The pilot had made radio contact about the in-fight emergency shortly after taking off […]
Drugs valued at more than $1 million found in Fairbanks home, troopers say
Mar. 25—Law enforcement officers found what they say was more than $1 million worth of drugs in a Fairbanks man’s home when they executed a search warrant last week, according to criminal charges filed in the case. Kevin Shank, 46, was arrested by the Fairbanks Areawide Narcotics Team and the Fairbanks Criminal Suppression Unit on […]