- FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - The body of a 52-year-old man has been found at the site of a bridge under construction in Fairbanks. Police say the man may have been killed in a fall. The man's name was not immediately released because his next of kin had not been notified. Construction workers found the body at 7 a.m. Sunday at the site of a new bridge being built over Noyes Slough on Illinois Street. The man was found on his back about 20 feet below the new bridge. Police say it wasn't clear whether he had fallen from the bridge or the bank of the slough. The site was blocked off by fences but police Sgt. Doug Welborn tells the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner it would not have been difficult to get past them.

- ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Searchers in northwest Alaska are continuing to look for two people missing since Wednesday on a snowmobile trip. State Troopers tell the Anchorage Daily News that 32-year-old Clifford Griest and 23-year-old Shallain Adams left Kotzebue bound for Selawik and did not arrive. Troopers say they may have planned to go by way of Noorvik. Searchers have been hampered by a snowstorm that dropped about 12 inches of fresh snow. Localized storms kept planes from flying in some areas.

 

- FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - A former Alaska State Trooper criticized the company that oversees student transportation for the Fairbanks North Star Borough District, saying the firm had a lax approach to bus safety before public complaints. School district superintendent Pete Lewis ordered the review in March, shortly after employees of the company First Student publicly complained about unsafe conditions. Bob Koslick, the ex-Trooper who conducted the review, wrote that First Student had a "do what is minimally necessary" attitude before recent improvements. Among other findings, Koslick wrote that First Student struggled to keep qualified mechanics to prevent a backlog of problems, and those issues were often solved with a "Band-Aid approach" or not at all. Koslick noted that problems have received more attention since employees came forward at a March school board meeting.

- FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - Alaska State Troopers are investigating the death of a toddler who died several days after being involved in an ATV crash. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that Charles Gross was taken to a Delta Junction medical clinic on Monday because of breathing difficulties. The 22-month-old boy had been in the crash a few days earlier. Gross was taken to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, where he died on Wednesday. Troopers have yet to release additional information about the crash.

- ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Copper River salmon has arrived in Anchorage stores and restaurants. Channel-2 News reports more than 75,000 sockeye salmon were caught on the river on the first day of the season. That's about half the catch allowed by Alaska Fish and Game. Many of the Alaskan fish were flown out to Seattle and further abroad. But on Friday, some arrived in Anchorage for local fans to enjoy.