Lars Hanson
Digital Producer/Reporter
Lars Hanson is a digital producer at Alaska's News Source, and previously spent time as a producer for the News at 5 and the Late Edition newscasts. Lars is based in Fairbanks, AK.
Fences down, camper scratched, antlers broken: a 1 a.m. moose brawl caught on camera.
The Office of Special Prosecutions found insufficient evidence to disprove Sgt. Brent Hatch’s claim of self-defense in the July 7 shooting death of Fairbanks resident Thomas Aquino, 20.
A dead beluga whale was found beached Tuesday morning at the mouth of Ship Creek in Anchorage.
After a server-busting week at Katmai, the Fat Bear Week finals came down to 5,091 votes.
Greg King and fellow pilot Ryan Cutter were killed Sept. 20 when their helicopter crashed on the Dome Fire in Yosemite National Park. Nine days later, King is coming home.
The Alaska SeaLife Center released its final two rehabilitated harbor seals of the season in Kenai.
Alaska State Troopers are investigating a fatal ATV crash in Togiak that killed a 19-year-old man early Friday.
At the end of a Wednesday town hall, Alaska Democratic Senate frontrunner Mary Peltola avoided reporters’ questions about allegations from former staff members detailed in a New York Times report published that day.
Four bears have already advanced in the 12th annual Fat Bear Week online tournament, with the toughest matchups still to come.
Katmai National Park and Preserve announced Wednesday that first-round voting in the 12th annual Fat Bear Week has been extended after a crush of traffic appeared to overwhelm voting servers on opening day.
A suspect fired a rifle at occupied structures near the Shoppes at Sun Mountain in Wasilla Tuesday night, prompting a large police response
A woman hiking near Haines was attacked by a bear Monday afternoon, sustaining injuries that authorities describe as non-life-threatening.
Troopers have completed next of kin notifications for the two men killed in last week’s Piper Cub crash in the Wrangell Mountains.
A young couple is dead after a man who was playing with a gun pointed it at his girlfriend and shot her Wednesday night, police say, before shooting and killing himself.
Brackets have been revealed for the 12th annual Fat Bear Week, which kicks off next week, with the first matchups starting on Tuesday.
Rashawn Foxglove faces one count of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder and a manslaughter charge, according to a grand jury indictment.
A fin whale was found dead Thursday on the bow of a cruise ship in Sitka, according to authorities.
A woman died after being struck by a vehicle near the intersection of East Third Avenue and Orca Street early Thursday.
Bethel Police Department has confirmed the deaths of two men whose boat overturned near Steamboat Slough.
Katmai’s annual online Fat Bear Week tournament begins Sept. 22 after a season marked by a surge in cubs, rare bear behavior, and a familiar champion getting fat again.
A fire that tore through Whittier’s newly built cruise ship dock this week threatened to upend months of planning for the USS Ted Stevens commissioning. Instead, organizers say, it took them a matter of hours to save it.
A 72-year-old Houston man is facing a murder charge after authorities say he shot and killed a 43-year-old Big Lake man during a gathering at his property Monday night, then fired several more rounds toward other people at the scene.
Two members of a three-person crew aboard a boat that went missing near St. Lawrence Island have died, while a third survived, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom will certify Treg Taylor’s nomination for governor after all, reversing a decision that had knocked the former attorney general off the November ballot just days earlier.
A motorcyclist died Friday night after a collision with a Jeep Cherokee on North Post Road, and the Jeep’s driver left the scene in a separate vehicle, according to the Anchorage Police Department.
Two Fairbanks police officers and an Alaska State Trooper were cleared Friday of any criminal wrongdoing in the June 28 shooting death of Brandon Michael Roberts.
Kaleb Hansen shares memories of his mother, Sabrina Hansen, one of eight killed in the Aug. 20 crash near Cape Newenham.
A vehicle traveling east on Dimond Boulevard struck the Dimond Boulevard Gospel Hall Wednesday night after leaving the roadway at a high rate of speed and jumping a rock barrier, according to a reporter on scene.
The Mexican Navy’s famed training ship returns to Seward with more than 200 sailors, officers and cadets aboard.
A 66-year-old man from Circle is facing a first-degree murder charge after Alaska State Troopers say he shot and killed another man during a night of drinking at his home.
Two Juneau teenagers reported missing were found dead with gunshot wounds Monday in a wooded area off Glacier Highway, according to Juneau police.
Search of impounded vehicle turned up dozens of pills, testosterone and 21 stolen credit cards, IDs and checks, troopers say.
Former state Senate minority leader Tom Begich announced Friday that he and running mate Julia Hnilicka are suspending their gubernatorial campaign and endorsing fellow Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.
Newly obtained video shows crews using a helicopter to pull the wreckage of a small plane from the Seldovia Slough a day after a crash killed all four people aboard.
A jury has convicted a 78-year-old Nome man on 28 felony counts stemming from the sexual abuse of nine children over a three-decade span
Colorado researchers are hosting Fat Marmot Week, a bracket-style contest celebrating yellow-bellied marmots bulking up for hibernation.
The Navy has set an official date for the commissioning of the USS Ted Stevens, the guided-missile destroyer named for Alaska’s longtime U.S. senator, according to a Thursday Navy news release.
A family of six was taken to an Anchorage hospital for evaluation Thursday after a fire broke out inside their mobile home in a neighborhood near Bragaw Street
Four consecutive aerial surveys of Cook Inlet have turned up no visible trace of an oily sheen first reported near a long-dormant oil platform
The Alaska Department of Public Safety has confirmed that it and other agencies are responding to a reported plane crash near Seldovia.
An Anchorage man who was 17 when he was convicted of killing two people in 1993 was resentenced Friday to 99 years in prison after his original sentence of 159 years.
A Klawock minor is in custody and facing attempted murder charges after allegedly opening fire on police officers during a domestic disturbance call late Monday night
A fast-moving wildfire ignited late Monday morning in the backyard of a home along the Alaska Highway near Sundog Trail, prompting evacuations and drawing a large-scale response from state, local and federal firefighting resources.
The Anchorage Police Department has identified the officer who fatally shot a woman during a standoff at a downtown residential building last week as Officer Misha Carlson.
Cheryl Labrie was sentenced after prosecutors said she used stolen employee identities and falsified documents to secure nearly $1 million in COVID-19 small-business relief funds.
All eight people aboard a charter aircraft that went down near a remote Western Alaska radar site on Thursday were killed following a second landing attempt in thick fog and low visibility, federal investigators announced Friday.
Technicians will need to enter every home and business to manually restore service after the Aug. 16 shutoff.
Crisis negotiators and SWAT responded before an officer opened fire, striking the 53-year-old in the upper body.
A charter plane crashed Thursday afternoon with multiple people on board near a remote landing strip at Cape Newenham, according to a federal investigating authority.
A former Fairbanks correctional officer has been charged with sexually assaulting a female inmate inside a prisoner transport vehicle in 2024
