Julie Swisher
Weather Anchor
Fairbanks, Alaska
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Julie Swisher is a weather anchor for CBS News 13 and has been a part of the team since 2018. Since then she has also worked as a multi-media journalist covering stories from health to fire, and entertainment in the Fairbanks community among other stories. Prior to working as a Weather Anchor, she has worked as a Wildland Fire Fighter and a Certified Nursing Assistant. She grew up in North Pole, Alaska and is a “Sourdough” Alaskan. She enjoys reporting on the important events in the weather as well as in the community she lives in. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her two children, gardening, skiing, and cooking.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 3:55 PM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Weather Forecast for September 28 to September 30
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 10:25 AM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Nearly 30 years after 20-year-old Sophie Sergie's death, Steven Downs was sentenced to 75 years in prison for her murder and sexual assault
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 5:00 PM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Fort Wainwright Strykers leave to Anniston Army Depot in Alabama
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 6:12 PM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Fairbanks Clinic offers mental health services to military members, families and affiliates
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 11:20 AM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Candidates running for City Council seat C voiced their thoughts on various topics.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 4:25 PM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Tristen Samuel Tinker arrested and charged with Assault in the First Degree.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2022 at 4:05 PM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
An anonymous donor purchases a tricycle for a facility
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 9:05 AM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Summer Project Homeless Connect is a free event providing resources to housing, non-profit organizations, and government agencies for the homeless in our community.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 8:55 PM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
NTIA awards Doyon, Limited and Alaska Communications funding to bring high-speed internet to rural Alaskans.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 2:09 PM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Foundation Health Partners temporarily closes the clinical OBGYN department due to staffing shortages.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 8:54 PM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Convicted felon charged with Assault in the Third Degree
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 8:41 AM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
After several months of bargaining negotiations, Teamsters Local 959, which represents workers for AT&T Alascom Telecommunication Company, have reached an agreement with AT&T.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2022 at 12:29 PM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
A “Mega Project” is underway as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts one of the biggest civil works projects in over 30 years.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 9:27 PM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Stryker vehicles are heading out of Alaska on the way to Alabama
Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 5:56 PM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Failed contract negotiations with AT&T corporate continue.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 8:10 PM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Update on the Minto Lakes Fire 2022
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 7:57 PM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Discussions on implementing a Fire Station in Two Rivers called for Town Hall Meeting with Borough Mayor
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 8:49 PM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
The man accused of setting several homes and businesses in the Two Rivers area enters another change of plea.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 3:33 PM AKDT
|By Alex Bengel and Julie Swisher
Monday morning shooting on Cushman Street in Fairbanks
Updated: Jun. 18, 2022 at 10:31 AM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Fairbanks holds Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Rally
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 7:05 PM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Runners race against racism
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 11:52 AM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Celebrating the nation's oldest branch of the military, the U.S. Army
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 5:11 PM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Several hundred soldiers gathered in formation to take part in the activation of the 11th Airborne Division
Updated: Jun. 8, 2022 at 5:45 PM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Two men were arrested and charged with Murder in the 1st Degree on Tuesday
Updated: Jun. 8, 2022 at 5:11 PM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Fort Wainwright opens gates to the community for a summer concert
Updated: May. 27, 2022 at 11:01 AM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Home fires claim roughly seven lives nationwide every day according to the National Fire Protection Agency.
Updated: May. 21, 2022 at 9:39 AM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
In 2021, Two Rivers, Alaska was hit by a string of arsons that kept residents worried for their safety and property
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 10:08 AM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
FFD and mutual agencies respond to multiple calls that included structure fires, brush fires, and EMS calls.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2022 at 9:31 AM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
The final two F-35A Lightning II Jets landed on the runway at Eielson Air Force Base on April 15, 2022.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2022 at 4:17 PM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Anna Ovchinnikov opens up about the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2022 at 4:59 PM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
The exercise known as Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 22-02 began March 9 and continues through March 24.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2022 at 5:18 PM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 22-02 began March 9 and continues through March 24
Updated: Mar. 17, 2022 at 9:15 AM AKDT
|By Julie Swisher
Joshua Butcher is accused of fatally shooting one man and injuring another at a Safeway on Airport Road in 2021.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2022 at 9:12 AM AKST
|By Julie Swisher
USARAK leadership and Fort Wainwright Commanders work to end the stigma surrounding mental health
Updated: Mar. 1, 2022 at 7:10 PM AKST
|By Julie Swisher
New upgrades to barracks, DFAC, gym facilities, and winter maintenance facility
Updated: Feb. 28, 2022 at 5:19 PM AKST
|By Julie Swisher
2021 saw the highest reported rate of suicide in Alaskan soldiers.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2022 at 6:15 PM AKST
|By Julie Swisher
Soldier suicides prompt discussion in Alaska.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2022 at 6:31 PM AKST
|By Julie Swisher
Budget cuts could impact elementary music programs
Updated: Feb. 16, 2022 at 7:27 PM AKST
|By Julie Swisher
In front of the Rabinowitz Courthouse, family, friends, and members of the Fairbanks community held a vigil for Robyn Gray.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2022 at 6:00 PM AKST
|By Julie Swisher
With prayers, song, and word, members of the Fairbanks community gathered for a vigil in remembrance of Sophie Sergie
Updated: Feb. 10, 2022 at 7:14 PM AKST
|By Julie Swisher
Fairbanks jury finds Downs guilty of 1993 murder and sexual assault
Updated: Feb. 5, 2022 at 4:27 PM AKST
|By Julie Swisher
Defense rests, closing arguments to start next week in the jury trial of Steven Downs
Updated: Feb. 4, 2022 at 4:45 PM AKST
|By Julie Swisher
Forensic and DNA test results were the main topics of discussion today during the Jury Trial of Steven Downs.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2022 at 2:05 PM AKST
|By Julie Swisher
The State rested their case with witness testimony as the Jury Trial for Steven Downs nears the end. The Defense brought forth their witnesses to testify before the jurors. Steven Downs is on trial for the murder and rape of Sophie Sergie in 1993.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2022 at 10:34 AM AKST
|By Julie Swisher
Jury selection for the trial of Steven Downs starts this week.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2022 at 10:33 AM AKST
|By Julie Swisher
Jury trial for Steven Downs continues with witness testimonies
Updated: Feb. 4, 2022 at 10:30 AM AKST
|By Julie Swisher
The jury trial for Steven Downs
Updated: Feb. 3, 2022 at 10:44 AM AKST
|By Julie Swisher
The final days of the Jury Trial of Steven Downs continued Wednesday as State Prosecutors brought forward their final witnesses
Updated: Feb. 1, 2022 at 7:25 PM AKST
|By Julie Swisher
From forensics to firearms, jurors heard testimony in the hopes of finding answers in the Trial of Steven Downs.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2022 at 8:35 AM AKST
|By Julie Swisher
In court, testimony relied heavily on the cross-examination of forensic scientists from the Alaska State Crime Lab.
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