Fort Wainwright 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 police are searching for a man accused of threatening to kill his estranged wife.

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 Defensea s school division.

Mark Begich says he has nothing to hide about budget considerations during his time at Anchorage mayor.

Fort Wainwrighta s Task Force 49 is now known as the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade.

Sgt. Ricardo Montoya poses for a photograph after discussing how he pushed a medic out of the way of an insurgent grenade Friday afternoon, October 16, 2009, at Base Camp Eatery.

Walking past the onion-domed St. Michael's Cathedral in Sitka this Alaska Day weekend, I was struck by the kaleidoscope of costumes.

U.S.i3 4 Army Col. Burdett K. Thompson, a former Franklin County resident, was presented the 2009 Ferrum College Distinguished Alumni Award during a recent meeting of the association.

Now that the troops are back home, some formal ceremonies are in order, including a round of Battalion Balls beginning in early November.

It's a cool Wednesday morning in September in Fairbanks, the type of fall morning on which you might see soldiers at nearby Fort Wainwright out for a run.

Location counts - whether you're buying a home or setting up a joint training range.

An occasional series featuring stories of military men and women far from home and their loved ones here.

Below are the names of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry, and support soldiers who died in support of the brigade's recent mission in Iraq.

Army Spc. Michael S. Cote Michael Cote wasn't supposed to focused on romance during basic training.

Maj. Anthony Meador is near the end of his third tour in Iraq as an Army aviator.

A truck tumbled down a steep Parks Highway embankment Friday morning near Ester, bursting into flames and resulting in serious burns for the man who was apparently driving the vehicle.

The redeployment ceremony will be at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, in the Carlson Center.

Those who were closest to him said that Spc. Michael S. Cote wasn't just a great soldier, but a great husband, father and friend.

Lucy Hoegle thinks months of cooking for soldiers overseas is probably enough for her husband, Army Sgt.

As of Saturday, at least 769 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.