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Tuesday, September 22, 2026Tue, Sep 22, 2026

Cover image for article: At an industry forum, four candidates for governor made their case on resource development

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At an industry forum, four candidates for governor made their case on resource development

At an industry forum, Alaska's four candidates for governor all backed more resource development. Where they differed was on what the state should pay for it.

by Alaska News23h agoAI

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Thursday, September 3, 2026Thu, Sep 3, 2026

BBNC Dillingham IT apprenticeship applications close Friday

BBNC is hiring one IT apprentice in Dillingham, applications close Friday, Sept. 4. The one-year role includes CompTIA certifications and requires BBNC or Choggiung shareholder status.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Dillingham, Alaska

Cover image for article: BBNC Dillingham IT apprenticeship applications close Friday

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Thursday, September 3, 2026Thu, Sep 3, 2026

Anchorage paid to expand the crime center, then put off the rules

Anchorage funded a $598,998 crime center expansion the same night it postponed the public hearing on rules meant to govern that center.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Anchorage

Cover image for article: Anchorage paid to expand the crime center, then put off the rules

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Thursday, September 3, 2026Thu, Sep 3, 2026

Bristol Bay Native Corporation is taking pitches for its December leadership forum

Bristol Bay Native Corporation is taking pitches through Oct. 2 for its December leadership forum — a corporate-led gathering, and not the region's only one.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Bristol Bay

Cover image for article: Bristol Bay Native Corporation is taking pitches for its December leadership forum

Tuesday, September 1, 2026Tue, Sep 1, 2026

Former mayor Harry Brower Jr. files to run against Patkotak for North Slope Borough mayor

Harry Brower Jr. ran the North Slope Borough for seven years and wants it back. He and the incumbent are both from Utqiagvik, in a borough of eight villages.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w agoAI

North Slope Borough, Alaska

Cover image for article: Former mayor Harry Brower Jr. files to run against Patkotak for North Slope Borough mayor

Thursday, September 3, 2026Thu, Sep 3, 2026

Alaska put a price on crisis beds the Legislature created in 2022

Alaska proposed Medicaid rates for crisis mental health facilities: $1,833 a day for adults and $2,197 for adolescents, the highest on the state's chart.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska put a price on crisis beds the Legislature created in 2022

Thursday, September 3, 2026Thu, Sep 3, 2026

Juneau Hydropower asks FERC for two more years to start Sweetheart Lake dam

Juneau Hydropower asked federal regulators to delay the Sweetheart Lake dam completion deadline by two years, to September 2031.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Juneau, Alaska

Cover image for article: Juneau Hydropower asks FERC for two more years to start Sweetheart Lake dam

Thursday, September 3, 2026Thu, Sep 3, 2026

NOAA proposes letting Seward cruise dock pile driving run into 2027

NOAA proposed extending Seward's cruise dock construction permit through September 2027 to finish pile driving that disturbs marine mammals in Resurrection Bay.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2w agoAI

Seward, Alaska

Cover image for article: NOAA proposes letting Seward cruise dock pile driving run into 2027

Thursday, September 3, 2026Thu, Sep 3, 2026

Alaska's missing Indigenous list drops to 355, with suspicious cases unchanged

Alaska's count of missing Alaska Native and American Indian people fell by eight. None of the drop came from the cases nobody can explain.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska's missing Indigenous list drops to 355, with suspicious cases unchanged

Thursday, September 3, 2026Thu, Sep 3, 2026

Cordova wary as pipeline operator seeks a fast-tracked 30-year renewal

Alyeska seeks early renewal of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline permit with a faster review. Cordova wants a shorter term and money set aside to decommission aging infrastructure.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Cordova and Valdez, Alaska

Cover image for article: Cordova wary as pipeline operator seeks a fast-tracked 30-year renewal

Thursday, September 3, 2026Thu, Sep 3, 2026

Kenai man says a gravel company mislabeled a salmon stream on his land

A Kenai man says a gravel company mislabeled a salmon stream on his property to avoid a 50-foot buffer — and dug up that buffer without permission.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Kenai, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kenai man says a gravel company mislabeled a salmon stream on his land

Thursday, September 3, 2026Thu, Sep 3, 2026

TCC will hold a November summit on what villages told it this summer

Tanana Chiefs Conference will hold a November summit on priorities its chief gathered during summer visits to seven Interior villages.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Interior Alaska

Cover image for article: TCC will hold a November summit on what villages told it this summer

Thursday, September 3, 2026Thu, Sep 3, 2026

Kenai voters will decide on a homeowner tax break worth about $326 a year

Kenai voters decide in November on a homeowner tax exemption worth about $326 a year. It would cost the city roughly $434,000 annually in revenue.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Kenai, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kenai voters will decide on a homeowner tax break worth about $326 a year

Thursday, September 3, 2026Thu, Sep 3, 2026

The paperwork behind 65 villages' share of the Bering Sea is up for renewal

Sixty-five Western Alaska villages hold a share of the Bering Sea. Keeping the paperwork current takes 36 hours a year, and it is up for renewal.

by Bill AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Western Alaska

Cover image for article: The paperwork behind 65 villages' share of the Bering Sea is up for renewal

Thursday, September 3, 2026Thu, Sep 3, 2026

Clay Koplin will lead Matanuska Electric starting in January

Clay Koplin, who has run Cordova Electric for nearly 20 years, takes over Matanuska Electric Association in January as Tony Izzo retires.

by Melinda Communities.News2w agoAI

Mat-Su Valley, Alaska

Cover image for article: Clay Koplin will lead Matanuska Electric starting in January

Thursday, September 3, 2026Thu, Sep 3, 2026

Anchorage Assembly keeps a non-binding housing resolution moving

The Anchorage Assembly refused to delay a housing resolution that, by its own sponsor's account, does not require anyone at all to do anything.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Anchorage

Cover image for article: Anchorage Assembly keeps a non-binding housing resolution moving

Thursday, September 3, 2026Thu, Sep 3, 2026

Anchorage weighs a variance for a 1998 setback encroachment

A house on Chandalar Drive in Anchorage has stood 1.3 feet inside its required setback since 1998, and the city is being asked to let it stay.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Anchorage

Cover image for article: Anchorage weighs a variance for a 1998 setback encroachment

Thursday, September 3, 2026Thu, Sep 3, 2026

Doyon shareholders have until Oct. 5 to apply for four open board seats

Doyon Limited shareholders must apply by Oct. 5 for four board seats up for election at the March 2027 annual meeting.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Fairbanks, Alaska

Cover image for article: Doyon shareholders have until Oct. 5 to apply for four open board seats

Thursday, September 3, 2026Thu, Sep 3, 2026

Alaska's youngest students are improving in math and reading. Older grades aren't.

Alaska's youngest students are gaining in math and reading, but older grades have stalled — and most students still aren't testing proficient in either.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Alaska

$Cover image for article: Alaska's youngest students are improving in math and reading. Older grades aren't.$

Wednesday, September 2, 2026Wed, Sep 2, 2026

Wasilla is hiring someone to write its next road plan, and a new parks plan too

Wasilla's 20-year road plan ran out this year, and the city is about to hire someone to write the next one. Its parks plan dates back to 2011.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Wasilla, Alaska

Cover image for article: Wasilla is hiring someone to write its next road plan, and a new parks plan too

Wednesday, September 2, 2026Wed, Sep 2, 2026

Alaska would give 20,000 acres near Houston to a state authority for free

Alaska proposes giving nearly 20,000 acres near Houston to a state development authority at no cost, and waiving its right to reclaim the land.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Houston, Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska would give 20,000 acres near Houston to a state authority for free

Wednesday, September 2, 2026Wed, Sep 2, 2026

Anchorage would trade away land it bought five years ago for $2.35 million

Anchorage would trade away land it paid $2.35 million to buy in 2021, before its own study of the site is finished and over a state objection.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Anchorage

Cover image for article: Anchorage would trade away land it bought five years ago for $2.35 million

Wednesday, September 2, 2026Wed, Sep 2, 2026

The Permanent Fund earned $8.2 billion and none of it went into protected principal

The Permanent Fund earned $8.2 billion last year and moved none of it into the part of the fund Alaskans cannot spend. That is two years running.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Alaska

Cover image for article: The Permanent Fund earned $8.2 billion and none of it went into protected principal

Wednesday, September 2, 2026Wed, Sep 2, 2026

Charter halibut committee meets online Sept. 30; comment accepted beforehand

Federal regulators meet Sept. 30 to discuss charter halibut permit policy that affects Alaska's guided fishing industry, which accounts for most of the state's sport halibut catch.

by Bill AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Southeast and Southcentral Alaska

Cover image for article: Charter halibut committee meets online Sept. 30; comment accepted beforehand

Wednesday, September 2, 2026Wed, Sep 2, 2026

Alaska would change who can question the medical report in a workers' comp fight

Alaska is rewriting how injured workers' claims get fought: who can question the doctor who wrote the report, and how the lawyer gets paid.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska would change who can question the medical report in a workers' comp fight

Wednesday, September 2, 2026Wed, Sep 2, 2026

Copper River dipnet and subsistence fishing runs through Sept. 30

Copper River dipnetters have until Sept. 30 to fish, closing out a below-average sockeye year — and the river gauge is down, so check conditions first.

by Bill AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Upper Copper River, Alaska

Cover image for article: Copper River dipnet and subsistence fishing runs through Sept. 30

Wednesday, September 2, 2026Wed, Sep 2, 2026

Kodiak's school board has met four times over something it will not name

Kodiak's school board has met four times in 18 days on a personnel matter identified only as "KAP," entirely in closed session, with no minutes published.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Kodiak, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kodiak's school board has met four times over something it will not name

Tuesday, August 11, 2026Tue, Aug 11, 2026

Cordova would get one ferry sailing a month this winter, and none in January

Cordova would get one ferry round trip a month this winter instead of none. January still has no service, and February hangs on how fast a shipyard works.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w agoAI

Cordova, Alaska

Cover image for article: Cordova would get one ferry sailing a month this winter, and none in January

Wednesday, September 2, 2026Wed, Sep 2, 2026

Anchorage's wetlands plan describes a permit the city cannot issue

Anchorage's wetlands plan still assumes the city issues its own fill permits. It has not since 2021, and a patch goes to the Assembly Tuesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Anchorage's wetlands plan describes a permit the city cannot issue

Tuesday, September 1, 2026Tue, Sep 1, 2026

Kodiak Assembly takes up its vacancy rewrite Thursday, with the public hearing Sept. 17

Kodiak Island Borough Assembly will introduce Thursday an ordinance that would start the clock for filling vacant seats the day a resignation is accepted and allow electronic applications.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Kodiak Island, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kodiak Assembly takes up its vacancy rewrite Thursday, with the public hearing Sept. 17

Tuesday, September 8, 2026Tue, Sep 8, 2026

Most of Alaska labor backs Peltola. Sullivan took some anyway.

Most of Alaska's organized labor backs Peltola, but Sullivan has drawn several major unions, including some that cross the usual lines.

by Bill AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Alaska

Cover image for article: Most of Alaska labor backs Peltola. Sullivan took some anyway.

Tuesday, June 23, 2026Tue, Jun 23, 2026

Wells Fargo keeps shrinking in Alaska, where it's the only bank in six towns

Wells Fargo keeps closing Alaska branches — nine since 2019, the latest in Anchorage. In six Alaska towns it's the only bank, and could leave them with none.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w agoAI

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Wells Fargo keeps shrinking in Alaska, where it's the only bank in six towns

Monday, September 7, 2026Mon, Sep 7, 2026

Homer-based Republican group drops the Homer city election from its reporting

The Homer-based Republican district unit just dropped Homer's city election from the races it reports on. It kept the borough race the same day.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Cover image for article: Homer-based Republican group drops the Homer city election from its reporting

Monday, September 7, 2026Mon, Sep 7, 2026

A write-in candidate has entered Sitka's Assembly race for two seats

Sitka's Assembly race just went from three candidates to four. Mary Ann Hall has until Oct. 1 to make write-in votes for her actually count.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Sitka, Alaska

Cover image for article: A write-in candidate has entered Sitka's Assembly race for two seats

Monday, September 7, 2026Mon, Sep 7, 2026

Antimony plant equipment lands at Port MacKenzie before its air permit clears

Nearly 500 tons of gear has landed at Port MacKenzie for a plant to produce antimony, a defense mineral the U.S. lacks — but its air permit isn't approved.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Mat-Su Valley, Alaska

Cover image for article: Antimony plant equipment lands at Port MacKenzie before its air permit clears

Sunday, September 6, 2026Sun, Sep 6, 2026

The roads torn up fighting the Tok fire have been graded back

The roads firefighters tore up while saving Tok have been graded back into shape. Residents need them to reach what is left of their property.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2w agoAI

Tok, Alaska

Cover image for article: The roads torn up fighting the Tok fire have been graded back

Sunday, September 6, 2026Sun, Sep 6, 2026

The Coast Guard is repairing a fire-damaged barracks at Kodiak

Repairs begin Tuesday on a fire-damaged 1940s barracks at Coast Guard Base Kodiak. Nothing in the record says when the fire happened or who was displaced.

by Melinda Communities.News2w agoAI

Kodiak, Alaska

Cover image for article: The Coast Guard is repairing a fire-damaged barracks at Kodiak

Thursday, September 3, 2026Thu, Sep 3, 2026

Tunneling into an old Alaska gold mine turned up veins nobody had mapped

Crews tunneling into a historic gold mine north of Anchorage hit two veins that were not on the company's map. One sample ran 12 ounces to the tonne.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w agoAI

Willow, Alaska

Cover image for article: Tunneling into an old Alaska gold mine turned up veins nobody had mapped

Friday, September 4, 2026Fri, Sep 4, 2026

Doyon says the Rig 26 tundra cleanup is in its final phase

Doyon says cleanup where its Rig 26 toppled near Nuiqsut has reached its final phase, though the state hasn't independently confirmed the company's account.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2w agoAI

Nuiqsut, Alaska

Cover image for article: Doyon says the Rig 26 tundra cleanup is in its final phase

Saturday, September 5, 2026Sat, Sep 5, 2026

Juneau grants pay up to $13,500 to add a second unit, and a contractor list is coming

Juneau is offering homeowners up to $13,500 grants to build accessory dwelling units, with 16 awards available annually.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Juneau, Alaska

Cover image for article: Juneau grants pay up to $13,500 to add a second unit, and a contractor list is coming

Friday, September 4, 2026Fri, Sep 4, 2026

One Democrat, three Republicans, and two months to go

The left consolidated behind Kreiss-Tomkins. The right split three ways. That is the shape of Alaska's governor race with two months to go.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w agoAI

Alaska

Cover image for article: One Democrat, three Republicans, and two months to go

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