Alaska News March 21, 2021

KTUU Alaska’s News Source: Community members, representatives push for expanded cell phone service in Turnagain Pass; Troopers seize $30k worth of drugs from woman in Ketchikan and more ->
 
 
 
 
KTOO Public Media: ‘Herring Protectors’ gather at Sitka’s courthouse as commercial fishery gears up; Alaska cruise cancellations pile up even as lines plan return to North America this summer and more ->
 
 
 
 
Alaska Native News: UAF’s Unmanned Aircraft and Research Highlighted for Alaska Senate; This Day In AlaskaHistory March 21st, 1913 and more ->
 
 
 
 
Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: REWARD $7,500: Troopers investigate the disappearance of Willis Derendoff as a homicide and more ->
8/17/20 69-year-old Frank Minano’s truck was abandoned near the Old Nenana Highway; extensive searches did not locate Minano.
8/17/20 John McCelland, 61, went missing, his travel direction unknown.
8/20/20 Debbie Nictune, 59, was last seen at the Northward Apartment building on Noble Street.
8/28/20 Doren Sanford, 35, was visiting Fairbanks in search of his dog when he mysteriously disappeared.
10/9/20 Julia Rice, 17, was last seen leaving her foster parent’s house on Peridot Road in North Pole
11/13/20 Willis Derendoff, 34, was visiting from Huslia, staying at the Extended Stay Hotel, and later became missing.
1/9/21 Steven Hjelm, 54, was last seen leaving his sister’s house on 16th Avenue, walking towards a corner store on South Cushman.
If you have any information on Willis Derendoff or any other missing person, you are asked to contact the Fairbanks Police Department at (907) 450-6500 or the Alaska State Troopers (907) 451-5100. Tips can remain anonymous.