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Monday, August 31, 2026Mon, Aug 31, 2026

Cover image for article: Juneau's five-ship cruise cap moves toward city code

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Juneau's five-ship cruise cap moves toward city code

Juneau's five-ship-a-day cruise cap would move from a negotiated agreement into enforceable city code under an ordinance advanced Monday.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago

Juneau, Alaska

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Monday, August 31, 2026Mon, Aug 31, 2026

Anchorage tax appeal hearings continue into September, past the board's stated season

Anchorage property owners appealing their 2026 assessments face a backlog that could stretch to mid-November, with the Board of Equalization handling a record 1,953 appeals.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Anchorage tax appeal hearings continue into September, past the board's stated season

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Monday, August 31, 2026Mon, Aug 31, 2026

Haines woman seriously injured by bear on Mt. Riley Road

A Haines woman was seriously injured in a bear attack on Mt. Riley Road early Saturday, Aug. 29, after the animal may have been drawn by dumped food waste nearby.

by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago

Haines, Alaska

Cover image for article: Haines woman seriously injured by bear on Mt. Riley Road

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

Motorcyclist critically injured in Kalifornsky Beach Road crash near Kasilof

A motorcyclist struck a turning pickup truck on Kalifornsky Beach Road near Kasilof on Monday and was flown to Seattle with life-threatening injuries.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Kasilof, Alaska

Cover image for article: Motorcyclist critically injured in Kalifornsky Beach Road crash near Kasilof

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

Four quakes off Nikolski, largest magnitude 5.3; no tsunami danger

Four earthquakes struck offshore southwest of Nikolski late Monday, with the largest at magnitude 5.3, but the National Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami danger.

by Alaska News4w ago

Nikolski, Alaska

Cover image for article: Four quakes off Nikolski, largest magnitude 5.3; no tsunami danger

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

Therapy dogs at the North Pole library Sept. 19, first of five Saturdays

North Pole library hosts therapy dogs for children's reading sessions on Sept. 19 and Oct. 17, drop-in from 1 to 3 p.m., no registration needed.

by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago

North Pole, Alaska

Cover image for article: Therapy dogs at the North Pole library Sept. 19, first of five Saturdays

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

A fight over whether North Slope oil money stays local or goes to the whole state

Alaska's bigger cut of North Slope oil revenue has set off a fight over whether it stays with the communities nearest the drilling or goes to the whole state.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: A fight over whether North Slope oil money stays local or goes to the whole state

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

Kelp that washes up on Cook Inlet beaches can now be harvested and sold

Kelp that washes up on Cook Inlet beaches can now be harvested and sold, up to 86,000 pounds. Beachcombers are still capped at 10 gallons a day.

by Alaska News4w ago

Cook Inlet, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kelp that washes up on Cook Inlet beaches can now be harvested and sold

Monday, August 31, 2026Mon, Aug 31, 2026

Sitka requires appointments for large scrap loads and vehicles at Gary Paxton yard

Sitka's scrap yard now requires appointments for loads larger than a dump truck or for large vehicles, citing limited space and shipping container shortages.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago

Sitka, Alaska

Cover image for article: Sitka requires appointments for large scrap loads and vehicles at Gary Paxton yard

Monday, August 31, 2026Mon, Aug 31, 2026

Anchorage's rewritten emergency plan adds six annexes, voids all earlier versions

Mayor LaFrance signed a rewritten emergency operations plan that replaces all earlier versions and meets national standards. The Assembly reviews it Tuesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Anchorage's rewritten emergency plan adds six annexes, voids all earlier versions

Saturday, August 22, 2026Sat, Aug 22, 2026

Matanuska Electric's next CEO inherits a gas contract that expires in 2029 and years of rising bills

Clay Koplin takes over as Matanuska Electric CEO on Jan. 7, 2027, as the cooperative braces for rising natural gas costs that could push member bills up 5% yearly for three years.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago

Mat-Su Valley, Alaska

Cover image for article: Matanuska Electric's next CEO inherits a gas contract that expires in 2029 and years of rising bills

Thursday, August 27, 2026Thu, Aug 27, 2026

Kenai Elks Lodge RV spaces get a city permit after years without one

Kenai Planning and Zoning Commission approved a conditional use permit for six RV spaces at the Elks Lodge that operated without one for years.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago

Kenai, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kenai Elks Lodge RV spaces get a city permit after years without one

Monday, August 31, 2026Mon, Aug 31, 2026

Two Bering Straits directors retire. One seat goes to shareholders, one to the board.

Two Bering Straits Native Corporation directors are retiring, but shareholders will only vote on one replacement seat because the other will be filled by board appointment under company bylaws.

by Bill AlaskaNews4w ago

Bering Strait region

Cover image for article: Two Bering Straits directors retire. One seat goes to shareholders, one to the board.

Wednesday, August 19, 2026Wed, Aug 19, 2026

Mat-Su Assembly rejects lowering its property tax cap to 7 mills

Mat-Su's Assembly rejected lowering its tax cap to 7 mills after the borough warned it would force $22 million in cuts — schools and ambulances included.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4w ago

Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

Cover image for article: Mat-Su Assembly rejects lowering its property tax cap to 7 mills

Wednesday, August 19, 2026Wed, Aug 19, 2026

Mat-Su sets aside Zero Lake Road land for a future shooting range

Mat-Su set aside land for a shooting range over a year of neighbor objections. One cabin owner's structure sits about 1,000 feet downrange.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4w ago

Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

Cover image for article: Mat-Su sets aside Zero Lake Road land for a future shooting range

Thursday, August 20, 2026Thu, Aug 20, 2026

Kenai will pay a high school pool's utility bills to keep it open another year

Kenai will pay $46,400 of a high school pool's utility bill to keep it open one more year. The swim club's hourly rate more than doubles.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4w ago

Kenai, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kenai will pay a high school pool's utility bills to keep it open another year

Monday, August 31, 2026Mon, Aug 31, 2026

Dahlstrom will not certify Treg Taylor's nomination for governor

Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom will not certify Treg Taylor's nomination for governor, after APOC found his financial disclosure was not timely.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Dahlstrom will not certify Treg Taylor's nomination for governor

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

Mukluk Fire survivors near Tok have until Oct. 19 to register for state aid

People near Tok whose homes or property were hit by the Mukluk Fire have until Oct. 19 to sign up for state disaster aid. The fire destroyed 50 homes.

by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago

Tok, Alaska

Cover image for article: Mukluk Fire survivors near Tok have until Oct. 19 to register for state aid

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

SSA awards Anchorage's Koniag IT Systems $2 million for print work in Durham and Baltimore

A Koniag subsidiary in Anchorage will print and mail Social Security cards for the next year, under two federal contracts worth about $2.06 million.

by Melinda Communities.News3w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: SSA awards Anchorage's Koniag IT Systems $2 million for print work in Durham and Baltimore

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

$21 million for 29 miles of the road that supplies the North Slope

Federal records show $21 million for 29 miles of the Dalton Highway, the road that supplies the North Slope. The state awarded the work in May 2025.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago

Dalton Highway, Alaska

Cover image for article: $21 million for 29 miles of the road that supplies the North Slope

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

Anchorage had no ALS ambulance available about 70 times last year

Anchorage had no advanced life support ambulance available about 70 times in 2024, and no basic life support unit more than 315 times.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Anchorage had no ALS ambulance available about 70 times last year

Wednesday, August 19, 2026Wed, Aug 19, 2026

ENSTAR raised its gas line relocation estimates and Mat-Su road budgets absorb the cost

ENSTAR nearly doubled its estimates on eight Mat-Su road projects. The borough has to absorb it, and there is no other gas utility it could call.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4w ago

Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

Cover image for article: ENSTAR raised its gas line relocation estimates and Mat-Su road budgets absorb the cost

Monday, August 31, 2026Mon, Aug 31, 2026

Juneau airport's control tower to get its first new roof since 1987

Juneau's airport control tower is finally getting a new roof — the original one's been up since 1987. The FAA covers most of the roughly $1 million tab.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago

Juneau, Alaska

Cover image for article: Juneau airport's control tower to get its first new roof since 1987

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

Chukchi coastal waters expected to become ice free within days, NWS says

Chukchi Sea navigational waters off Alaska will become ice free within days, the National Weather Service said Monday, though Arctic-wide sea ice remains near record lows for this time of year.

by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago

Chukchi Sea coast, Arctic Alaska

Cover image for article: Chukchi coastal waters expected to become ice free within days, NWS says

Thursday, August 27, 2026Thu, Aug 27, 2026

Tanana subsistence chum fishing reopens while coho stays closed

Tanana subsistence fishers can take chum around the clock again. Coho stay closed, with the run projected near a third of its historical average.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 4w ago

Yukon River District 6, Alaska

Cover image for article: Tanana subsistence chum fishing reopens while coho stays closed

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

Alaska joins a suit accusing Amazon of setting the price its ad auctions were meant to discover

Amazon promised advertisers they would pay only enough to beat the runner-up bidder. Regulators say Amazon quietly made itself the runner-up.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska joins a suit accusing Amazon of setting the price its ad auctions were meant to discover

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

An Anchorage man will serve 20 years for abusing a 4-year-old relative

Judge Peterson sentenced Jose Dominguez Ballesteros to 20 years in prison Monday for sexually abusing a family member starting at age 4, with lifetime sex offender registration required.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: An Anchorage man will serve 20 years for abusing a 4-year-old relative

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

New flood maps would end mandatory flood insurance for thousands of Fairbanks properties

New flood maps would pull 2,343 more Fairbanks structures out of the high-risk zone than they add, ending mandatory flood insurance for thousands.

by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago

Fairbanks, Alaska

Cover image for article: New flood maps would end mandatory flood insurance for thousands of Fairbanks properties

Monday, August 31, 2026Mon, Aug 31, 2026

Anchorage Assembly takes up a $599,000 crime center purchase and surveillance limits

A $599,000 video wall for Anchorage's crime center returns to the Assembly Tuesday, alongside an ordinance that would write surveillance limits into city code.

by Alaska News4w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Anchorage Assembly takes up a $599,000 crime center purchase and surveillance limits

Monday, August 31, 2026Mon, Aug 31, 2026

Mat-Su assembly member puts possible school closures on Sept. 8 joint agenda

Mat-Su Assembly and School Board will discuss possible school closures Sept. 8 after enrollment dropped 2,153 students since 2018.

by Alaska News4w ago

Palmer, Alaska

Cover image for article: Mat-Su assembly member puts possible school closures on Sept. 8 joint agenda

Monday, August 31, 2026Mon, Aug 31, 2026

Kenai Peninsula planning commission to hear Cohoe road vacation Sept. 14

Kenai Peninsula planning commission will hear a petition Sept. 14 to vacate Keyros Avenue in Cohoe, with the borough assembly retaining veto power over any approval.

by Alaska News4w ago

Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kenai Peninsula planning commission to hear Cohoe road vacation Sept. 14

Monday, August 31, 2026Mon, Aug 31, 2026

Assembly candidate Berga discloses North Slope job, Kenai Fish stake

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly candidate Nathan Berga disclosed North Slope oilfield income and ownership of a Soldotna fishing business in a financial filing Monday.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago

Kenai Peninsula

Cover image for article: Assembly candidate Berga discloses North Slope job, Kenai Fish stake

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

Sitkana's new patent covers how its tidal generator looks, not how it works

Juneau's Sitkana won a 15-year design patent for its floating tidal generator, protecting the device's exterior shape.

by Melinda Communities.News4w ago

Juneau, Alaska

Cover image for article: Sitkana's new patent covers how its tidal generator looks, not how it works

Tuesday, August 18, 2026Tue, Aug 18, 2026

Juneau's glacial flood was the mildest yet, but barrier costs are climbing

Juneau's Aug. 13 glacial flood was the mildest yet, damaging 12 homes — officials credit the barriers but say upkeep may cost more than the city planned.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4w ago

Juneau, Alaska

Cover image for article: Juneau's glacial flood was the mildest yet, but barrier costs are climbing

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

ICE is paying an Anchorage company to wire the 11th floor of a building in Washington

ICE is paying an Anchorage company $31,049 to wire the 11th floor of a federal building in Washington, D.C.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: ICE is paying an Anchorage company to wire the 11th floor of a building in Washington

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

Alaska's midwifery board calls two work group meetings in September

Alaska's midwifery board has scheduled two work group meetings for September. The public notices do not say what the group intends to discuss.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska's midwifery board calls two work group meetings in September

Wednesday, August 19, 2026Wed, Aug 19, 2026

In 1997 Anchorage voters rejected automated camera enforcement. Its new surveillance system needed no vote.

Anchorage voters banned traffic cameras in 1997. A far more powerful police surveillance system just arrived with no vote — and the debate has been telling.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago

Anchorage

Cover image for article: In 1997 Anchorage voters rejected automated camera enforcement. Its new surveillance system needed no vote.

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

Atlas Air would get five more acres of cargo ramp in Anchorage

Atlas Air would get three more cargo parking pads at Anchorage's airport, a little over five acres of ramp, at a rent of $38,847.47 a month.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Atlas Air would get five more acres of cargo ramp in Anchorage

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

Alaska's governor race upended in a day: a disqualification, a last-minute filing, and a lone Democrat

Alaska's governor race flipped in a day: Treg Taylor was disqualified, his wife filed at the deadline, and it's now three Republicans versus one Democrat.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska's governor race upended in a day: a disqualification, a last-minute filing, and a lone Democrat

Thursday, August 27, 2026Thu, Aug 27, 2026

Alaska schools fight FCC proposals that could cut their internet lifeline

Alaska schools rely on $200 million a year in discounted internet through E-Rate, and education groups are fighting FCC proposals that could cut it back.

by Melinda Communities.Newsadded 4w ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska schools fight FCC proposals that could cut their internet lifeline

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