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A Cordova business owner suing the city over a 2023 travel lift failure asked the council to push for mediation. His business also owes the city money.

Anchorage owners who appealed saw values cut about $93,000 on average. Neighbors who didn't appeal got no such cut, the appeals board chair says.

Denali Borough land staff plan to waive commercial tour permit fees again in 2027, but all three Finance Committee members objected Wednesday, saying the delay wastes years of work on the fee program.

Alaska is seeking an avalanche forecaster for the Klondike Highway above Skagway at a cost of up to $500,000 over five winters, with proposals due by Oct. 28 or 29.

Mat-Su kids would start school after Labor Day instead of mid-August if the school board agrees. It's only a request, and the vote may not even stand.

Anchorage voters could soon update the signature their ballot gets checked against, instead of waiting on the state. Fewer newspaper ads, too.

Trawlers want the North Pacific council to shrink Steller sea lion fishing closures, citing fuel and safety. Conservation groups and a tribal commission object.

An El Niño Kelvin wave is moving up the West Coast. Past ones have reached Alaska, but NOAA hasn't said whether this one will. Two Alaska gauges show no rise.

Bethel City Council will certify the Oct. 6 election results and swear in new members at its Tuesday, Oct. 13 meeting at 6:30 pm, with four council seats running through October 2028.

A Girdwood owner wants to build into a stream setback, with a foot bridge across the stream. Staff and most neighbors object; the board decides Thursday.

Shadow, a German shepherd ordered euthanized after biting a tow-truck worker, gets an appeal hearing Oct. 14. The bitten worker doesn't want him put down.

An Anchorage Women's Commission leader wants the city to count who staffs its boards and commissions. She suspects it's mostly women, without extra pay.

A federal civil rights panel is studying whether Alaska's ranked-choice voting dilutes voting rights. It takes public testimony days before the repeal vote.

Anchorage Assembly delayed a vote on Missing Middle Housing rules to Nov. 4 to review amendments that would allow duplexes and triplexes on about 28,000 residential parcels across the city.

Denali Borough finance staff recommended raising the landfill tipping fee 10% to $165 per ton, effective May 2027, to meet the landfill's cost-recovery target as operating costs climb.

Trump is due in Wasilla on Tuesday. Ahead of it he again endorsed Sullivan and Begich and said he hopes Alaskans repeal ranked-choice voting.

Bering Sea pollock scientists are switching to near-infrared scans that age a fish ear bone in under a minute. Aging staff capacity is down about 40%.

The NRA Political Victory Fund gave A grades to Republicans Dave Bronson and Treg Taylor, a C to Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, and an AQ to Republican Bernadette Wilson in Alaska's governor race.

Juneau's Goldbelt earned a Pentagon cybersecurity certification for defense contractors, just as the Pentagon put the program's next phase on hold.

A Kodiak resident told the council the city wants 506% more tax from a local auto shop than Highmark Marine paid. Her comparison couldn't be checked.

Legislative attorneys say giving AIDEA 20,000 free acres near Houston may not pass the public-purpose test. AIDEA's director says state law already settles it.

New sablefish models would cut the catch ceiling up to 32%. Council advisers want four more options tested before December's catch decision.

Anchorage cut values on most of a record 1,990 property appeals. The appeals board chair says few had good evidence and expects even more appeals next year.

Kodiak closed fiscal 2026 with a $94,000 general fund shortfall after a $1.14 million transfer from investment earnings reduced what had been a projected $3 million deficit.

Glacier Fish and SeaShare asked federal regulators to let the Northern Glacier donate up to 5,000 pounds of halibut it now discards, sending the fish to Western Alaska food banks if approved.

Anchorage candidates may soon need 50 to 250 voter signatures to get on the ballot. The clerk says it's the first city she's worked in without them.

Bethel City Council holds a public hearing Tuesday on leasing six city lots to a Palmer fiber contractor for $16,800 a month without taking competitive bids.

An Eagle River Assembly member wants most Anchorage School Board members elected by district. A board member pushed back. Voters could decide in April.

Two departing Kodiak City Council members leave both seats open on the investment committee that oversees the city's $48.5 million portfolio, with the mayor to appoint replacements by Oct. 26.

Two low-visibility approaches to Juneau's airport have been out for over a year, and the airport manager says the FAA blames trees scattering the signal and is weighing whether to cut them or raise the equipment.

A moose lost its fight with a vehicle on the Richardson Highway in North Pole. The driver's fine, the car isn't, and troopers called a charity for the meat.

A Soldotna man, 33, died and a second adult was hospitalized after both were found unresponsive in a Sterling-area garage Saturday. Foul play isn't suspected.

Anchorage police located missing 13-year-old Isaac Allbritton on Wednesday, ending a public search that began earlier that day.

Cordova is testing a security camera at its burn pile after state regulators warned that continued violations of burning rules could shut down the facility.

Fish and Game reopened Necker Bay's mountain goat hunt zone Sept. 8 after discovering a clerical error had wrongly closed it, with zero goats actually harvested against a quota of two.

Kenai City Council waived a $63,000 road-building requirement for a property owner whose project started before the city's new road standard took effect.

Alaska Department of Natural Resources will give the transportation department 200,000 cubic yards of gravel from two Interior highway pits at no cost.

Cordova's 1972 Eyak Lake weir is leaking and leaning. The state just cleared the way to rebuild it, with construction slated to start this winter.

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