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Cover image for article: Driver unidentified after crash at Old Murphy Dome Road and Elliot Highway near Fairbanks

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Driver unidentified after crash at Old Murphy Dome Road and Elliot Highway near Fairbanks

Driver unidentified after crash at Old Murphy Dome Road and Elliot Highway near Fairbanks

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Fairbanks, Alaska

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Troopers arrest two after 4-wheeler pursuit near Wasilla's Sage Road

Alaska State Troopers arrested two people after a four-wheeler fled near Wasilla on Wednesday night, one wanted on an outstanding warrant.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Wasilla, Alaska

Cover image for article: Troopers arrest two after 4-wheeler pursuit near Wasilla's Sage Road

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Alaska weighs dropping the required training course for marijuana handlers

Alaska may drop the required training course for marijuana handler permits, swapping a class and test for a background check — saving workers up to $500.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska weighs dropping the required training course for marijuana handlers

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Sitka opens early voting Sept. 21 for six seats

Sitka opens early voting Sept. 21 for its Oct. 6 municipal election, with six seats on the ballot and registration closing Sunday.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Sitka, Alaska

Cover image for article: Sitka opens early voting Sept. 21 for six seats

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

Juneau's new flood evacuation maps were in use within a month

Juneau updated its Mendenhall Valley evacuation maps in July. By mid-August residents were being told to leave, as the river hit major flood stage again.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Juneau, Alaska

Cover image for article: Juneau's new flood evacuation maps were in use within a month

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Alaska rule would limit cannabinoids to licensed grows, approved hemp

Alaska regulators want to force all cannabinoids in legal pot products to come from state-licensed grows. This move aims to stop cheap out-of-state hemp from undercutting local businesses.

by Alaska News3w ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska rule would limit cannabinoids to licensed grows, approved hemp

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

Alaska wants to change how it measures edible pot strength — and some legal products may not pass

Alaska wants to change how it measures edible pot strength — and the new math could push products legal today over the limit, without the products changing.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska wants to change how it measures edible pot strength — and some legal products may not pass

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

Mat-Su cut school walking paths from its short-term road list

Mat-Su dropped walking path projects at two elementary schools from its short-term transportation list, replacing them with road reconstruction and paving.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

Cover image for article: Mat-Su cut school walking paths from its short-term road list

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

A gravel company can dig below the water table on Beaver Loop

A gravel company can dig two pits below the water table on Beaver Loop Road, over a neighbor's objections about his wells and the noise.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Kenai, Alaska

Cover image for article: A gravel company can dig below the water table on Beaver Loop

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

The Permanent Fund wants $215 million to run itself

The Permanent Fund wants $215.4 million to run itself next year, three-quarters of it going to the outside firms that manage the money.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: The Permanent Fund wants $215 million to run itself

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

One donor has supplied two-fifths of what a progressive Alaska fund raised this year

One Anchorage physician has supplied two-fifths of a progressive independent expenditure fund's money this year. Alaska caps no such gift.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: One donor has supplied two-fifths of what a progressive Alaska fund raised this year

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

University of Alaska draws $8.7 million Education Department payment running through 2031

The University of Alaska will receive $8.69 million in federal money through 2031, and the award record does not say what it is for.

by Melinda Communities.News3w ago

Fairbanks, Alaska

Cover image for article: University of Alaska draws $8.7 million Education Department payment running through 2031

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

Nonresident lingcod retention reopens at Prince of Wales; yelloweye stays closed

Nonresident anglers around Prince of Wales Island can keep lingcod again starting September 1, but yelloweye rockfish stays closed to them through year-end under federal harvest limits.

by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago

Prince of Wales Island, Alaska

Cover image for article: Nonresident lingcod retention reopens at Prince of Wales; yelloweye stays closed

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

Alaska joins an EMS licensure compact, but it won't take full effect until 2027

Alaska is joining a compact letting out-of-state paramedics and EMTs work here without a separate license — but it won't really kick in until 2027.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska joins an EMS licensure compact, but it won't take full effect until 2027

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

Alaska seafood headed to Europe needs a new certificate starting today

Alaska seafood bound for Europe needs a new health certificate as of today, declaring no antibiotics were used for growth and none reserved for human medicine.

by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska seafood headed to Europe needs a new certificate starting today

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

Planners urged cutting the overlay's R-1 height break. The sponsors kept it.

Anchorage planning staff told the sponsors of a housing overlay to drop its special height rules for single-family zones. The sponsors kept them.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Anchorage

Cover image for article: Planners urged cutting the overlay's R-1 height break. The sponsors kept it.

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 AlaskaNews3w ago

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 AlaskaNews3w ago

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 AlaskaNews3w ago

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.News3w ago

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 AlaskaNews3w ago

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 AlaskaNews3w ago

Anchorage

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

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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 AlaskaNews3w ago

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 AlaskaNews3w ago

Alaska

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

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Some Anchorage homes went a month without running water last winter

Some Anchorage homes went a month without running water last winter. Frozen lines hit triple the usual number, and thawing them is the customer's expense.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Some Anchorage homes went a month without running water last winter

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

A Koch-backed group spent the same for Sullivan as against Peltola in one filing

Outside money keeps landing on Alaska's Senate race. A Koch-funded group spent the same amount for Dan Sullivan as it did against Mary Peltola.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: A Koch-backed group spent the same for Sullivan as against Peltola in one filing

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

Trump says he will campaign in Alaska for Sen. Dan Sullivan

Trump says he is coming to Alaska to campaign for Dan Sullivan. Mary Peltola outpolled Sullivan by more than 13,000 votes in the August primary.

by Alaska News3w ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Trump says he will campaign in Alaska for Sen. Dan Sullivan

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

HEX plans to triple its gas deliveries, enough to cover a tenth of demand

HEX plans to triple its contracted gas to ENSTAR by 2027. Even so, it would cover roughly a tenth of Southcentral demand as Cook Inlet keeps declining.

by Melinda Communities.News3w ago

Cook Inlet, Alaska

Cover image for article: HEX plans to triple its gas deliveries, enough to cover a tenth of demand

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

Three Sterling streets end at the river, and the neighbors have had enough

Three Sterling streets dead-end at the Kenai River on public easements, and neighbors report trespass, human waste and an armed confrontation.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Sterling, Alaska

Cover image for article: Three Sterling streets end at the river, and the neighbors have had enough

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

Northrim's Oregon deal is on the record. The approvals are not.

Northrim's $167.3 million Oregon bank purchase is on the record, and none of the four regulatory approvals it needs has surfaced publicly.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Northrim's Oregon deal is on the record. The approvals are not.

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

Cordova weighs a model where you own the house but lease the land

You own the house and a trust owns the ground under it, and you pay $50 a month for the ground. Cordova is weighing whether that math works.

by Melinda Communities.News3w ago

Cordova, Alaska

Cover image for article: Cordova weighs a model where you own the house but lease the land

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

Anchorage's planning director could approve bigger encroachments alone

Anchorage's planning director could approve setback encroachments three times larger than now allowed, without the public hearing a variance requires.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Anchorage

Cover image for article: Anchorage's planning director could approve bigger encroachments alone

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

Extending the Coastal Trail north may take a land deal, not an easement

Anchorage wants to extend the Coastal Trail north across Eklutna land. The corporation would rather sell or trade than grant an easement, citing trespassers.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Anchorage

Cover image for article: Extending the Coastal Trail north may take a land deal, not an easement

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

Bethel Fire Department recruits nationally for a captain and firefighters

Bethel Fire Department is recruiting a captain and firefighters nationally to fill gaps in its eight-person career staff serving over 6,000 residents.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago

Bethel, Alaska

Cover image for article: Bethel Fire Department recruits nationally for a captain and firefighters

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

Koyukon elder ties Galena swallow decline to Air Force mosquito spraying in TCC bird booklet

Elder Benedict Jones links Galena's 89 percent swallow decline since 1970 to Air Force pesticide spraying, documented in a Koyukon bird knowledge booklet published by the Tanana Chiefs Conference.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago

Galena, Alaska

Cover image for article: Koyukon elder ties Galena swallow decline to Air Force mosquito spraying in TCC bird booklet

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

Alaska draws 50 people a year off a disability waitlist that has passed 800

Alaska was ordered to eliminate the waitlist for home-based disability care four years ago. Providers say it has roughly doubled since then.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago

Tanana region, Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska draws 50 people a year off a disability waitlist that has passed 800

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

A power surcharge in Manley Hot Springs would nearly triple

The fuel surcharge on Manley Hot Springs electric bills would nearly triple under a new filing, while state rural power assistance stays where it is.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Manley Hot Springs, Alaska

Cover image for article: A power surcharge in Manley Hot Springs would nearly triple

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

A fourplex would install no landscaping under this Anchorage ordinance

A builder putting four homes on an Anchorage lot would install no landscaped buffer under an ordinance up for public hearing Oct. 6.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Anchorage

Cover image for article: A fourplex would install no landscaping under this Anchorage ordinance

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

Anchorage police force falls hardest on Alaska Native residents

A review found Anchorage police use force disproportionately on Alaska Native residents, more than comparable cities — and likely overstated what they've fixed.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Anchorage police force falls hardest on Alaska Native residents

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

Kodiak's landfill is out of compliance because bears keep getting in

Kodiak gave every household a bear-resistant cart. Bears keep getting into the landfill anyway, and the borough wants to talk about it privately.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Kodiak Island, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kodiak's landfill is out of compliance because bears keep getting in

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