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

Cover image for article: Injured hiker flown off Deer Mountain in Ketchikan

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Injured hiker flown off Deer Mountain in Ketchikan

A 26-year-old hiker was flown off Deer Mountain near Ketchikan on Saturday after becoming unable to walk, the second rescue on that trail in months.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Ketchikan, Alaska

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

A small wildfire was reported near Wrangell on Friday night

A small wildfire was reported near Sandy Beach outside Wrangell on Friday. The state has not said whether it is contained or threatens any homes.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Sandy Beach, Southeast Alaska

Cover image for article: A small wildfire was reported near Wrangell on Friday night

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The Kuskokwim Delta's high tides have passed. Forecasters expected no flooding.

High tides Friday and Saturday will peak a foot above normal along the Kuskokwim Delta, but forecasters expect no flooding in Kipnuk, Kwigillingok, Kongiganak and Quinhagak.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

Cover image for article: The Kuskokwim Delta's high tides have passed. Forecasters expected no flooding.

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Motorcyclist killed on N Post Road in Anchorage; Jeep driver fled scene, police say

A motorcyclist died Friday night on N Post Road in Anchorage after a Jeep hit him; the Jeep's driver fled in another vehicle and police are seeking witnesses.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Motorcyclist killed on N Post Road in Anchorage; Jeep driver fled scene, police say

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

Atmospheric river pushes small Interior streams toward bankfull

An atmospheric river soaked Interior Alaska this weekend, and forecasters warned small streams could rise to the tops of their banks.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Interior Alaska

Cover image for article: Atmospheric river pushes small Interior streams toward bankfull

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

Alaska draft rule would end in-house marijuana testing by growers, manufacturers and stores

Alaska's marijuana regulator is drafting a rule to ban in-house testing by growers and manufacturers, forcing all products to third-party labs instead.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska draft rule would end in-house marijuana testing by growers, manufacturers and stores

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

Bethel shut off the water at a house leaking sewage and it came back on

Bethel shut off the water at a house leaking sewage. The resident turned it back on the next day, and the repair deadline has now passed too.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago

Bethel, Alaska

Cover image for article: Bethel shut off the water at a house leaking sewage and it came back on

Saturday, August 8, 2026Sat, Aug 8, 2026

Alaska Supreme Court bars Nome from taxing hospital staff housing

The Alaska Supreme Court says Nome cannot tax the building where its hospital houses doctors and nurses, a ruling that reaches every borough in the state.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago

Nome, Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska Supreme Court bars Nome from taxing hospital staff housing

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

Tribal consortium takes ownership of Alaska Native Medical Center

The Alaska Native Medical Center is now owned by the tribes it serves instead of the federal government — a first, and one with real money behind it.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Tribal consortium takes ownership of Alaska Native Medical Center

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

Chugach Solutions gets $43,689 in FBI building maintenance orders

Chugach Solutions picked up $43,689 in no-bid orders to install fall protection and replace a generator breaker at the FBI's Washington office.

by Melinda Communities.News3w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Chugach Solutions gets $43,689 in FBI building maintenance orders

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

Grants target Medicare aid Alaska seniors often leave unclaimed

Federal grants of about $271,814 will help low-income Alaska seniors sign up for Medicare programs many never claim, as the state's older population grows.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Grants target Medicare aid Alaska seniors often leave unclaimed

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

The Knik Tribe has $1 million to design youth mental health care

The Knik Tribe has nearly $1 million to design a mental health system for Alaska Native young people in the Mat-Su. The money cannot pay for treatment.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago

Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

Cover image for article: The Knik Tribe has $1 million to design youth mental health care

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

Fish and Wildlife bought its ninth no-bid track loader for $248,954

Fish and Wildlife has bought nine track loaders without competitive bids since August. The ninth cost $248,954, more than any of the first eight.

by Alaska News3w ago

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Fish and Wildlife bought its ninth no-bid track loader for $248,954

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

The White House wanted the Denali Commission closed, and it grew instead

The White House proposed closing the Denali Commission. Congress funded it, and the agency ended up administering money many times its own budget.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: The White House wanted the Denali Commission closed, and it grew instead

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

Kodiak hospital chiller running at a third of capacity; borough moves to accept $3.85 million to replace it

Kodiak Island Borough Assembly votes Thursday to accept $3.85 million in state funding to replace a failing hospital chiller that is limiting emergency and surgical care on the island.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Kodiak, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kodiak hospital chiller running at a third of capacity; borough moves to accept $3.85 million to replace it

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

Kadiak takes a $4.45 million State Department IT contract

An Anchorage company owned by Koniag will run IT support for the State Department bureaus covering the Middle East and South Asia.

by Melinda Communities.News3w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kadiak takes a $4.45 million State Department IT contract

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

Federal money will put naloxone and first aid training on remote Alaska fishing boats

A nurse whose son died of an overdose at sea started mailing naloxone to fishing boats. Federal money will now expand it across remote Alaska.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago

Sitka, Alaska

Cover image for article: Federal money will put naloxone and first aid training on remote Alaska fishing boats

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

Federal grant will test a Yup'ik healing framework against homelessness

Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness won $450,000 to serve Alaska Native households facing homelessness through case management and traditional Yup'ik healing practices through August 2027.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Federal grant will test a Yup'ik healing framework against homelessness

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

USDA's Rural Housing Service awards $1.35 million cybersecurity contract to Anchorage's Koniag IT Systems

Kodiak's regional corporation has built a federal contracting arm holding well over $150 million in work, from immigration records to Pentagon cybersecurity.

by Melinda Communities.News3w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: USDA's Rural Housing Service awards $1.35 million cybersecurity contract to Anchorage's Koniag IT Systems

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

An Alaska village-owned firm services a Queens federal building

A company owned by four small interior Alaska villages is keeping the AC running at a Queens federal building that mails Social Security checks to millions.

by Melinda Communities.News3w ago

Wasilla, Alaska

Cover image for article: An Alaska village-owned firm services a Queens federal building

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

Coast Guard extends Anchorage firm's contracts $2.2 million through January

Coast Guard added $2.24 million to two uncompeted contracts with Koniag Management Solutions, extending facilities work through January 2027.

by Alaska News3w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Coast Guard extends Anchorage firm's contracts $2.2 million through January

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

BBNC offers CDL training in Kenai for shareholders this fall

BBNC is offering commercial driver's license training in Kenai this fall for its Alaska-resident shareholders, spouses and descendants. Enrollment is open now.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago

Kenai, Alaska

Cover image for article: BBNC offers CDL training in Kenai for shareholders this fall

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

Kodiak's hospital runs on power switches nobody makes parts for anymore

The power switches at Kodiak's hospital are 27 years old and out of production. Crews scavenge parts from other sites. The borough is now replacing them.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Kodiak Island, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kodiak's hospital runs on power switches nobody makes parts for anymore

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

Troopers recover stolen property in Wasilla, arrest 24-year-old man

Troopers arrest 24yo man in Wasilla

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Wasilla, Alaska

Cover image for article: Troopers recover stolen property in Wasilla, arrest 24-year-old man

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

Ketchikan has five years to start disinfecting the sewage it discharges

Ketchikan's sewage plant does not disinfect what it discharges. EPA gave it five years to change that, and voters approved $15 million to do it.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Ketchikan, Alaska

Cover image for article: Ketchikan has five years to start disinfecting the sewage it discharges

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

Kamishak Bay pink and chum escapement runs preliminarily below goals

Pink and chum escapement in Kamishak Bay finished below their spawning targets as the Lower Cook Inlet commercial salmon season closed.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Cook Inlet, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kamishak Bay pink and chum escapement runs preliminarily below goals

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

Kodiak district asks school board to weigh closing East Elementary in 2027

Kodiak may close East Elementary in 2027. Five weeks before proposing that, the district asked the state for $5.75 million to renovate the building.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago

Kodiak, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kodiak district asks school board to weigh closing East Elementary in 2027

Saturday, August 29, 2026Sat, Aug 29, 2026

Hilcorp says the North Slope is running short of gravel and wants a new mine

Hilcorp is seeking state approval for a 64-acre gravel mine seven miles northwest of Deadhorse, with public comment due Sept. 28, as the company's existing North Slope gravel sources run low.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago

Deadhorse, North Slope, Alaska

Cover image for article: Hilcorp says the North Slope is running short of gravel and wants a new mine

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

ConocoPhillips drilled in the NPR-A this winter and has not said what it found

ConocoPhillips drilled multiple wells in the NPR-A this winter and added $104 million to costs it has not resolved. It has not said what it found.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago

National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska

Cover image for article: ConocoPhillips drilled in the NPR-A this winter and has not said what it found

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

Ekwok's airport would host FAA weather and navigation equipment for 20 years, with comments due Sept. 11

Ekwok's airport would host FAA weather and navigation equipment for 20 years at no cost to the state, with public comments due Sept. 11.

by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago

Ekwok, Alaska

Cover image for article: Ekwok's airport would host FAA weather and navigation equipment for 20 years, with comments due Sept. 11

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

An Anchorage company keeps the heat and power on at NIH's Bethesda campus

An Anchorage company runs the heating, cooling and power plant at NIH's Bethesda campus. It just won $5.9 million to upgrade the ventilation.

by Melinda Communities.News3w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: An Anchorage company keeps the heat and power on at NIH's Bethesda campus

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

Homer economic commission to finalize short-term rental recommendation to City Council

Homer's Economic Development Advisory Commission finalizes a short-term rental recommendation to City Council on Tuesday after a five-month review.

by Melinda Communities.News3w ago

Homer, Alaska

Cover image for article: Homer economic commission to finalize short-term rental recommendation to City Council

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 3w ago

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 AlaskaNews3w ago

Juneau, Alaska

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

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

The money gap in Alaska's ranked choice fight is growing

The campaign to keep ranked choice voting spent $1.37 million in one period. The campaign to repeal it has $89,673 and owes more than that.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: The money gap in Alaska's ranked choice fight is growing

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

Sitka's search for housing land narrows to two small parcels

Sitka's search for city land to build housing on has narrowed to two small parcels — the sites with the most room to build are the hardest to develop.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago

Sitka, Alaska

Cover image for article: Sitka's search for housing land narrows to two small parcels

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

A housing-zoning fix has stalled for months before Anchorage's appeals board

A housing-zoning fix has stalled before Anchorage's appeals board since spring — set aside twice — even as the administration pushes housing as a priority.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: A housing-zoning fix has stalled for months before Anchorage's appeals board

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

Kodiak's Assembly can't agree on how often to meet remotely

Kodiak Island Borough Assembly members can't agree on how many meetings a year they may attend remotely, the last open question in a rules rewrite.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Kodiak Island, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kodiak's Assembly can't agree on how often to meet remotely

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

Juneau code allows six hens. A Silver Street family is asking for 230 animals.

Juneau allows six backyard hens. A homeowner is asking for up to 200 chickens and 30 other farm animals, and neighbors are pushing back on the scale.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Juneau, Alaska

Cover image for article: Juneau code allows six hens. A Silver Street family is asking for 230 animals.

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

Scott Robb won the state fair cabbage title with 122.7 pounds

Palmer grower Scott Robb won the Alaska State Fair's giant cabbage weigh-off on Sept. 4 with a 122.7-pound entry, but the fair's official records page does not list that weight.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Palmer, Alaska

Cover image for article: Scott Robb won the state fair cabbage title with 122.7 pounds

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