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Friday, August 28, 2026Fri, Aug 28, 2026

Cover image for article: Anchorage weighs selling city land for housing by units built, not just the highest bid

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Anchorage weighs selling city land for housing by units built, not just the highest bid

Anchorage would rank housing density and affordability over sale price when selling city land, prioritizing multifamily projects and permanently affordable housing over highest bidder.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Anchorage

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

A vehicle fire shut a Richardson Highway lane Thursday morning

A burning vehicle shut a lane of the Richardson Highway near mile 349 Thursday morning, drawing police and ambulance crews inside an active work zone.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Richardson Highway, Interior Alaska

Cover image for article: A vehicle fire shut a Richardson Highway lane Thursday morning

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

Southeast wolf hunters will be asked to leave a little of the animal behind

Southeast wolf hunters will be asked to leave a strip of hide, a bit of muscle, and on Prince of Wales, the foreleg bones. Season opens Sept. 1.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago

Southeast Alaska

Cover image for article: Southeast wolf hunters will be asked to leave a little of the animal behind

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

High wind warning: gusts to 70 mph Friday in the Eastern Alaska Range

Forecasters upgraded Friday's Eastern Alaska Range wind forecast to a warning. Gusts to 70 mph are expected, peaking between 4 and 10 in the morning.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Eastern Alaska Range, Alaska

Cover image for article: High wind warning: gusts to 70 mph Friday in the Eastern Alaska Range

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

Kuskokwim Delta villages rebuilding from Halong face another storm

Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, still rebuilding from last October's Typhoon Halong, face another storm this week, with coastal flooding possible Friday.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Y-K Delta, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kuskokwim Delta villages rebuilding from Halong face another storm

Friday, August 28, 2026

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Hilcorp wants to fill 95 acres of Arctic wetlands for a gravel mine — comment by Sept. 4

Hilcorp wants to fill about 95 acres of Arctic tundra wetlands near Prudhoe Bay for a gravel mine, with no offset for the loss. Comment is open until Sept. 4.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago

Prudhoe Bay Unit, North Slope, Alaska

Cover image for article: Hilcorp wants to fill 95 acres of Arctic wetlands for a gravel mine — comment by Sept. 4

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

Alaska extends fire season to Sept. 14 in Delta, Tok and Copper River areas

Burn permits will stay required two extra weeks, through Sept. 14, in the Delta, Tok and Copper River areas, after a dry summer left fuels parched at depth.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago

Delta, Tok and Copper River areas, Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska extends fire season to Sept. 14 in Delta, Tok and Copper River areas

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

Eshamy District stays closed as sockeye run behind target

A rule capping set gillnetters at 36 hours a week in the Eshamy District took effect in July. The district has been closed to fishing all season.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago

Prince William Sound, Alaska

Cover image for article: Eshamy District stays closed as sockeye run behind target

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

State to train home care providers on the record-keeping rules behind recoupment

Alaska is holding an online training for home care providers on record-keeping — the paperwork rules that, done wrong, let the state claw back payments.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: State to train home care providers on the record-keeping rules behind recoupment

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

Anchorage may let its planning director redraw wetland maps as wetlands shift and dry up

Anchorage may let its planning director redraw wetland maps as wetlands shift and dry up — a faster fix in a city with thousands of acres of wetlands.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Anchorage

Cover image for article: Anchorage may let its planning director redraw wetland maps as wetlands shift and dry up

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

Wright and Dunleavy insist the Alaska LNG project is alive

At an Anchorage conference, the U.S. energy secretary and Gov. Dunleavy insisted the stalled Alaska LNG project is alive, pointing at different obstacles.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Wright and Dunleavy insist the Alaska LNG project is alive

Friday, August 21, 2026Fri, Aug 21, 2026

Ketchikan City Council advances resolution marking two years since fatal landslide

Ketchikan marked two years since the White Cliff landslide with a plaque. The slide killed one person and destroyed homes above the Third Avenue Bypass.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago

Ketchikan, Alaska

Cover image for article: Ketchikan City Council advances resolution marking two years since fatal landslide

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

AIDEA's board will sign off on refreshing its due diligence fund

AIDEA's board took back authority over a $4.5 million planning fund. The same meeting ran about four hours in executive session on ANWR and Ambler.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: AIDEA's board will sign off on refreshing its due diligence fund

Friday, August 28, 2026Fri, Aug 28, 2026

Federal grant of $1.63 million funds Muddy Creek bridge on the Glenn Highway

Federal Highway Administration awarded Alaska DOT 1.63 million dollars to replace a seasonal culvert with a bridge at Muddy Creek on the Glenn Highway near Milepost 94.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Glenn Highway, Alaska

Cover image for article: Federal grant of $1.63 million funds Muddy Creek bridge on the Glenn Highway

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

Fairbanks borough weighs a $303,346 replacement ambulance

Fairbanks North Star Borough Finance Committee votes Sept. 3 on a $303,346 ambulance for the non-areawide medical service covering areas outside city limits.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Fairbanks, Alaska

Cover image for article: Fairbanks borough weighs a $303,346 replacement ambulance

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

Fairbanks would spend $1.2 million more to defend the pipeline's value in court

Fairbanks would pour another $1.2 million into defending the pipeline's assessed value in court — a decades-old fight over a tax base that funds its schools.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Fairbanks, Alaska

Cover image for article: Fairbanks would spend $1.2 million more to defend the pipeline's value in court

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

Fairbanks votes Sept. 3 on a $699,500 indoor playground contract

Fairbanks votes Sept. 3 on a $699,500 contract for an indoor playground built for all abilities and ages. The project has already slipped a year.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Fairbanks, Alaska

Cover image for article: Fairbanks votes Sept. 3 on a $699,500 indoor playground contract

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

Bering Straits shareholders will get $13.50 a share, its highest regular payout

Bering Straits Native Corporation shareholders will receive $13.50 per share this fall, the highest regular payout on record, with an extra $1,600 for eligible elders.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago

Cover image for article: Bering Straits shareholders will get $13.50 a share, its highest regular payout

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

The Inter-Island Ferry Authority's first boat is getting a refit

The Inter-Island Ferry Authority's original boat, the MV Prince of Wales, is getting a $658,041 refit. It has been the backup since the Stikine took over.

by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago

Prince of Wales Island and Ketchikan, Alaska

Cover image for article: The Inter-Island Ferry Authority's first boat is getting a refit

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

Federal grant of $545,820 funds Geist Road and Chena Pump Road corridor study

Fairbanks will study Geist Road and Chena Pump Road with a $545,820 federal grant to identify safety improvements on a corridor flagged for high crash rates and pedestrian-bicycle conflicts.

by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago

Fairbanks

Cover image for article: Federal grant of $545,820 funds Geist Road and Chena Pump Road corridor study

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

Five Alaska bridges are getting new lights, above and below

Five Alaska bridges are getting new lights, for the aircraft passing above them and the boats passing below. The whole project costs $170,000.

by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Five Alaska bridges are getting new lights, above and below

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

Ahtna closes Cantwell-area lands to the public for moose season

Ahtna, Incorporated closed its private lands near Cantwell to all public hunting and camping during moose season, though state-regulated hunting continues on public lands in the area.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Cantwell, Alaska

Cover image for article: Ahtna closes Cantwell-area lands to the public for moose season

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

Small cod boats return Sept. 1 in the Bering Sea and Aleutians

Small cod boats get their Bering Sea fishery back Sept. 1 after seven months out, with quota shifted from two fleets that will not catch theirs.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago

Bering Sea, Alaska

Cover image for article: Small cod boats return Sept. 1 in the Bering Sea and Aleutians

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

Juneau loses two months of fishing to a 2020 landslide

Juneau loses the north end of Gastineau Channel to all fishing for two months. A 2020 landslide cut hatchery production and the coho aren't returning.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago

Gastineau Channel, Juneau, Alaska

Cover image for article: Juneau loses two months of fishing to a 2020 landslide

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

Kenai anglers won't get the extra coho they were expecting this fall

Kenai River anglers won't get the usual bump to three coho on Sept. 1 — the limit stays at two through November as silver runs look weak across Cook Inlet.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago

Kenai River, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kenai anglers won't get the extra coho they were expecting this fall

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

Hunters near Nome have one last day for a bull moose before the season closes early

Hunters near Nome have one last day for a bull moose before the season closes more than two weeks early, with the area's 17-bull quota set to fill.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago

Nome, Alaska

Cover image for article: Hunters near Nome have one last day for a bull moose before the season closes early

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

A Fairbanks homeowner interrupted a burglary. Troopers made an arrest eight days later.

Fairbanks troopers arrested Arthur Chesley on Aug. 27 after he burglarized a home while the owner was there; he faced a $15,000 cash bond on felony burglary and theft charges.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Fairbanks, Alaska

Cover image for article: A Fairbanks homeowner interrupted a burglary. Troopers made an arrest eight days later.

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

Short on officers, Bethel police look to grow their own with a cadet program

Bethel's police, the hub much of the Y-K Delta relies on, are short officers and dispatchers and are looking to grow their own through a cadet program.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago

Bethel, Alaska

Cover image for article: Short on officers, Bethel police look to grow their own with a cadet program

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

Hecla is hiring for six jobs at the Greens Creek mine near Juneau

Hecla is hiring for six jobs at Greens Creek, the round-the-clock silver mine on Admiralty Island near Juneau — from mining engineer to mill operator.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Juneau, Alaska

Cover image for article: Hecla is hiring for six jobs at the Greens Creek mine near Juneau

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

Alaska says 4,264 fewer K-3 students ended the year reading at the lowest level

Alaska ended the school year with 4,264 fewer K-3 students in the lowest reading category. The figures compare fall to spring, not year to year.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska says 4,264 fewer K-3 students ended the year reading at the lowest level

Friday, August 28, 2026Fri, Aug 28, 2026

Mukluk Fire evacuation order shrinks to properties inside the burn near Tok

Residents outside the Mukluk Fire's burn near Tok can return home, but 44 destroyed homes and hazard trees keep the evacuation order in place for properties inside the fire's 7,333-acre footprint.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Tok, Alaska

Cover image for article: Mukluk Fire evacuation order shrinks to properties inside the burn near Tok

Friday, August 28, 2026Fri, Aug 28, 2026

First Tlingit opera moves to Thunder Mountain Middle School after lighting failure

A power outage killed the stage lighting at Juneau-Douglas High School, moving the first Tlingit opera in recorded history to a middle school auditorium.

by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago

Juneau, Alaska

Cover image for article: First Tlingit opera moves to Thunder Mountain Middle School after lighting failure

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

Ketchikan's city filing window has closed, and voter registration ends Sept. 6

Ketchikan's candidate filing window closed Monday and the city hasn't published who is running for council. Three filings are on the record so far.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Ketchikan, Alaska

Cover image for article: Ketchikan's city filing window has closed, and voter registration ends Sept. 6

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

Sullivan and Peltola clash in a combative first forum, previewing a bitter Senate race

Sullivan and Peltola clashed sharply in their first post-primary forum, trading shots over Willow, their records and who's really on Alaska's side.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Sullivan and Peltola clash in a combative first forum, previewing a bitter Senate race

Wednesday, August 12, 2026Wed, Aug 12, 2026

Unalaska paid for library internet for three years before the council approved it

Unalaska ran a library internet contract for three years without the council vote its code required. The council approved it this month, going back to 2023.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago

Unalaska, Alaska

Cover image for article: Unalaska paid for library internet for three years before the council approved it

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

Coho must go back in the water on the Susitna and Little Susitna

You can still fish for coho on the Susitna. You can't keep them. The Little Susitna is projected at 2,104 fish against a goal of at least 9,200.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago

Mat-Su Valley, Alaska

Cover image for article: Coho must go back in the water on the Susitna and Little Susitna

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

Two of Juneau's most accessible coho streams close to fishing to protect weak runs

Two of Juneau's most accessible coho streams, Montana and Peterson creeks, close to coho fishing Sept. 1 through Dec. 31 to protect weak salmon returns.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago

Juneau, Alaska

Cover image for article: Two of Juneau's most accessible coho streams close to fishing to protect weak runs

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

Alaska superintendents ask FCC not to cut school internet subsidy

Alaska superintendents told the FCC that districts reachable only by plane or boat would lose the discount that makes school internet affordable.

by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska superintendents ask FCC not to cut school internet subsidy

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

An Anchorage firm fell to six employees and built itself back up

ASCI Federal Services fell from 125 employees to six, then rebuilt to nearly 50 and grew its annual revenue from $1.4 million to almost $8 million.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: An Anchorage firm fell to six employees and built itself back up

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

AIDEA commits $25 million to drill under the West Susitna road

AIDEA committed up to $25 million to drill under a road with no buildable design yet, and its resolution names the three resource projects it would serve.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago

Susitna River, Alaska

Cover image for article: AIDEA commits $25 million to drill under the West Susitna road

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