A proposed mining road through interior Alaska that was shelved amid the state’s multi-billion dollar budget crisis has been authorized by the administration of Gov. Bill Walker to spend more than $3 million to start an environmental assessment.
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Ex-FBI agent faults Fairbanks police interrogation tactics
A former FBI agent says Fairbanks police violated fundamental investigative protocol following the 1997 murder of John Hartman.
Lockheed wins $800M contract for radar at Clear
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a contract of nearly $800 million to Lockheed Martin to install a sophisticated radar system at Clear Air Station, in the Interior.
Fairbanks Four: Fear, confusion prompted false confessions
Two of the Fairbanks Four say they lied to police about some of what they did the October 1997 night John Hartman was attacked, but maintain they did so out of fear and confusion, not guilt.
UAF comes clean about disciplinary failures in sex abuse, rape cases
“It’s not just that one person failed to do something. It was an entire system,” said Mae Marsh, UAF Title IX coordinator.
Expert disputes boot print evidence in Fairbanks Four case
Bootprint evidence used to link one of the Fairbanks Four to the 1997 murder of John Hartman, are disputed by a forensic expert.