North Pole News

A North Pole couple accused of abusing the woman's 2-year-old daughter considered bringing another child to authorities to cover up the abuse, court documents allege.

FAIRBANKS a ' The Fairbanks North Star Borough is hosting a series of public meetings about what to do when long-standing private land uses fail to conform with the law.

Tammie Wilson's campaign manager said the assemblywoman is probably too far behind Luke Hopkins to win the borough mayor's race.

According to court documents, 25-year-old Jennifer Downer and 22-year-old Shiloh Morris have been charged with third-degree assault, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.

"Today I am praying," says Wasilla's Glory Green, one of dozens of Alaskans who took part in the national "40 Days for Life" anti-abortion movement.

Families with students at North Pole Middle School are invited to Parent Information Night Thursday at the school from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The guest speakers are to include Officer Zeisel of the Alaska State Troopers and his K-9 Argo, who won't do much talking.

Two people from North Pole were charged after the car they were in left the roadway and smashed into a fence at Fort Wainwright.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Thompson stepped down to protect the city from potential lawsuits from employees who complained she created a hostile work environment at City Hall.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District will expand academic, career training and social support programs for children of military families using a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense's school division.

Several close municipal races will be decided today after more than 1,000 absentee and questioned ballots are counted.

BOGOTA a ' The mastermind of a pyramid scheme that bilked Colombians out of hundreds of millions of dollars can be extradited to the United States to face charges related to money laundering, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

North Pole Rep. John Coghill needs five votes from among nine Republican senators to join the Alaska Legislature's upper body.

Two Fairbanks-area Boys and Girls Clubs are closing because of severe budget shortfalls.

It started with 15 head of Galloway cattle he brought up from North Dakota. At the time, Doug McCollum was owner and operator of Delta Concrete.

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. , an emerging global leader in nanoscience solutions, today announced that the Company's exclusive distributor in the state of Alaska, Nanotech Energy Solutions, Inc., is continuing to rapidly expand the number and diversity of projects for the Company's product line of patented Nansulate insulation and protective ...

Anchorage police says the man was walking in the passing lane of the highway early yesterday when he was struck.

The other day at lunch, I listened to two business people talking about where the state is going.

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.

Sept. 28, 1999 - Call it a sign of the times. Outgoing borough assemblyman Dan LaSota doesn't like what he sees when he drives down the Richardson Highway near North Pole.

Two people are dead after a travel trailer caught fire near North Pole. The cause remains under investigation, but a neighbor said the construction worker who lived in the trailer installed a wood stove just two days before the fire on Thursday.