Salcha News

The Alaska Railroad plans to resume work on the Tanana River levee in March, according to a presentation to the Senate Finance Committee, part of the groundwork on the $188 million railroad bridge.

The federal case against three Fairbanks militiamen remained intact Tuesday after two days of defense challenges failed to convince a judge that evidence was tainted and charges were inappropriate.

Fairbanks militia leader Schaeffer Cox and two others are again facing murder conspiracy charges, this time from federal prosecutors who say the three had a plan as far back as 2009 to kill federal officials, including TSA employees, border patrol agents and U.S. Marshals.

Fairbanks businessman Jim Holm, a member of the state redistricting board, testified today that he had no political motives when he drew the Fairbanks election districts.