North Pole News

Community leaders in Fairbanks and North Pole have had a busy 24 hours, combing through a just-released report on an Air Force plan to relocate F-16 fighter jets from Eielson Air Force Base to Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage.

In the middle of the night Monday a North Pole woman died when a building full of people caught on fire.

Sen. Joe Paskvan has filed for re-election, while North Pole Mayor Doug Isaacson has filed for a North Pole House Seat on the Republican side.

A large structure fire early Tuesday morning resulted in a fatality at a building on Rozak Road.

Leanne McCain , and her children of North Pole, Alaska embrace over her slain husband's grave at the National Cemetery on May 28, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia.

Testimony in the Fairbanks militia trial turned deeply personal and emotional Thursday morning with a series of witnesses who said they were helpless to stop Schaeffer Cox and Coleman Barney from slipping deeper and deeper into the ideology that has landed them in a federal courtroom.

A dozen people gathered behind the Campus Corner Mall, clutching $20 to spend at the used clothing store.

Recorded conversations were played for jurors Tuesday in the federal trial of Fairbanks militia leader Schaeffer Cox, who is heard detailing a plan to kill two government agents for every person on his side who is killed.

Jurors in the trial of Fairbanks militia leader Schaeffer Cox have heard secret conversations with a man who infiltrated the group.

About 8:15 every morning of the Alaska Militiamen trial at the federal courthouse in downtown Anchorage, the three defendants are brought into the courtroom under guard.

Selena Gomez was thrilled to see Bulgaria's Eurovision contestant from last year, singer Poli Genova, perform at a club in Bulgaria.A While beingA in the crowd with the fans for a change, Selena spent the evening dancing with 10 body guards surrounding her.

Fairbanks militia leader Schaeffer Cox talks about establishing "diplomatic relations" between his people and government authorities as the only way to prevent bloodshed.

The Public Safety Report is compiled from criminal complaints filed in state and federal courts, as well as some police blotter information, trooper dispatches, fire department reports and interviews with public safety officials.

Jurors at the trial of a man who authorities say led an Alaska militia heard testimony from two men who say they took orders from Schaefer Cox, with one describing him as power-hungry and the other saying he still considered the Fairbanks man to be his commander.

Click Bishop has announced plans to run for a state Senate seat, less than two months after retiring as Alaska's labor commissioner.

A community group is getting ready to celebrate its successes next month as a vigorous fundraising project settles down.

The trial against three Fairbanks-area militia members who are charged with amassing a cache of weapons and plotting to kill government officials will resume next week in U.S. District Court in Anchorage.

Weather permitting, the Alaska Fire Service will conduct a prescribed burn on the Chena Lakes Flood Control Project in North Pole today.

Jurors took a look at piles of militia paperwork, two of the the defendants' homes and more than a dozen weapons Wednesday at the federal courthouse in Anchorage as prosecutors argued that three men from the Fairbanks area had planned to use the weapons to kill U.S. government employees.A During the second day of testimony at a trial that is ... (more)

The Public Safety Report is compiled from criminal complaints filed in state and federal courts, as well as some police blotter information, trooper dispatches, fire department reports and interviews with public safety officials.