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Fairbanks will pilot a new approach to mental health crisis response. Funding from the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority announced this week will build a local program based on a model known as “Crisis Now” to supplement or replace law enforcement and EMS response to mental health crisis. KUAC’s Dan Bross reports. Listen
There was a hearing this morning (Weds) in the Fairbanks 4 federal civil rights case against the City of Fairbanks. The Native men who came to be known as the Fairbanks Four: George Freese, Marvin Roberts, Kevin Pease and Eugene Vent were convicted and imprisoned for the 1997 beating death of 15 year old John Hartman on a city street, but evidence presented during a 2015 hearing pointed to another group of local young men actually being responsible for the crime. The new evidence led to a settlement agreement, now at issue as the Fairbanks Four sue the city for civil rights violations. KUAC...
A sign of spring, Canada Geese have touched down at Creamers Field in Fairbanks. KUAC's Dan Bross reports.
A glacier in Denali National Park is advancing rapidly. According to the National Park Service, the Muldrow Glacier, which originates on Denali’s northeast flank is surging downslope, a cyclical acceleration that last occurred in the 1950s. KUAC’s Dan Bross reports. Listen
