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Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Cover image for article: Alaska's ranked-choice fight returns to the Supreme Court, months before a repeat repeal vote

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Alaska's ranked-choice fight returns to the Supreme Court, months before a repeat repeal vote

Alaska's ranked-choice voting returns to the Supreme Court next week, the latest round in a years-long fight, with a repeal already on the November ballot.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

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Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Sitka's sole finalist for city administrator is gone, and the Assembly is starting over

The sole finalist Sitka introduced for city administrator last month is gone, and the Assembly interviews two new candidates Friday, with no explanation given.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Sitka, Alaska

Cover image for article: Sitka's sole finalist for city administrator is gone, and the Assembly is starting over

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Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

The state wants $293M to rebuild 5th and 6th, but the funding isn't settled

The state wants Anchorage to program $293 million to rebuild 5th and 6th avenues downtown, but where the money comes from is unsettled.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Anchorage

Cover image for article: The state wants $293M to rebuild 5th and 6th, but the funding isn't settled

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Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

A family gold operation wants four more seasons on Cache Creek, mined since the early 1900s

A family gold operation wants to work Cache Creek near Petersville for four more seasons, on ground mined by family outfits since the early 1900s.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Petersville, Alaska

Cover image for article: A family gold operation wants four more seasons on Cache Creek, mined since the early 1900s

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

The Mental Health Trust would give up $3.2M in rent to house a nonprofit serving its beneficiaries

The Alaska Mental Health Trust would give up $3.2M in rent over a decade to house a nonprofit serving its own beneficiaries, at 1% of market rate.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: The Mental Health Trust would give up $3.2M in rent to house a nonprofit serving its beneficiaries

Monday, August 17, 2026

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Alaska takes input on extra child-care help for kids with disabilities

Alaska pays extra child-care help for kids with disabilities and is taking families' input this week, as it separately moves to widen who qualifies for aid.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska takes input on extra child-care help for kids with disabilities

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

FAA plan would give a Cook Inlet oil-field airstrip its first instrument approaches

Hilcorp's Trading Bay airstrip may soon take planes in bad weather. The FAA notice announcing it gets the airport's name wrong and its boundary wrong twice.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Cook Inlet, Alaska

Cover image for article: FAA plan would give a Cook Inlet oil-field airstrip its first instrument approaches

Saturday, August 15, 2026Sat, Aug 15, 2026

Usibelli seeks five more years at Two Bull Ridge near Healy, and the state is revising the cleanup bond

Usibelli's Two Bull Ridge mine near Healy is nearing the end of its pits, and as it seeks a five-year renewal, the state is revising its $5.4M cleanup bond.

by Alaska Newsadded 1mo ago

Healy, Alaska

Cover image for article: Usibelli seeks five more years at Two Bull Ridge near Healy, and the state is revising the cleanup bond

Sunday, August 16, 2026Sun, Aug 16, 2026

Two seats open on Utqiagvik scholarship committee, letters due Sept. 17

Utqiagvik is seeking two volunteers for its scholarship committee, with applications due Sept. 17.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Utqiagvik, Alaska

Cover image for article: Two seats open on Utqiagvik scholarship committee, letters due Sept. 17

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Yentna River passes flood stage near Lake Creek with water expected in lodge cabins

The Yentna is over flood stage near Lake Creek, with water expected in cabins at two lodges. It should crest around 21 feet Tuesday morning.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Western Susitna Valley, Alaska

Cover image for article: Yentna River passes flood stage near Lake Creek with water expected in lodge cabins

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Man taken to hospital after stabbing at Boniface Parkway and Debarr Road

A stabbing in East Anchorage sent an adult man to the hospital with upper-body trauma Sunday, Aug. 16

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Anchorage

Cover image for article: Man taken to hospital after stabbing at Boniface Parkway and Debarr Road

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Level 3 GO evacuations ordered north of the Alaska Highway as the Mukluk Fire spreads near Tok

A fast-moving wildfire near Tok has forced residents north of the Alaska Highway to evacuate immediately, with winds gusting to 30 mph and critical fire conditions expected through Monday evening.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Tok, Alaska

Cover image for article: Level 3 GO evacuations ordered north of the Alaska Highway as the Mukluk Fire spreads near Tok

Monday, August 3, 2026Mon, Aug 3, 2026

Two Anchorage boaters spend a night on Skilak Lake after rough water stops the crossing

Two Anchorage boaters paddled down the Kenai, found Skilak Lake too rough to cross, and spent the night on the beach. Troopers texted them a way out.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago

Skilak Lake, Alaska

Cover image for article: Two Anchorage boaters spend a night on Skilak Lake after rough water stops the crossing

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Rain is coming to the Interior, and the small creeks will rise — but the big rivers are low enough to take it

Rain will raise the small creeks feeding the Koyukuk and Middle Yukon, but the big rivers are low enough to take it — a routine wet stretch, not a threat.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago

Interior Alaska

Cover image for article: Rain is coming to the Interior, and the small creeks will rise — but the big rivers are low enough to take it

Saturday, July 11, 2026Sat, Jul 11, 2026

Alaska's associate counselor license takes effect Friday, though the board's notice says otherwise

Alaska's counseling board still tells graduates the associate license isn't available. The regulations creating it take effect Friday, 13 months late.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska's associate counselor license takes effect Friday, though the board's notice says otherwise

Wednesday, August 5, 2026Wed, Aug 5, 2026

An Anchorage cannabis grower's license hinges on a $12,761 tax bill, with tonight the deadline

An Anchorage cannabis grower could lose its license over a $12,761 tax bill, with tonight the Assembly's last meeting before the deadline to settle up.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: An Anchorage cannabis grower's license hinges on a $12,761 tax bill, with tonight the deadline

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Bristol Bay Native Corporation, pne of Alaska's largest companies, is remaking part of its top leadership

Bristol Bay Native Corporation, one of Alaska's largest companies, is remaking its top ranks, moving new leaders into its chief operating and financial roles.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago

Bristol Bay, Alaska

Cover image for article: Bristol Bay Native Corporation, pne of Alaska's largest companies, is remaking part of its top leadership

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

An Iñupiaq village corporation from Wainwright is plugging orphaned wells in Wyoming

Olgoonik, an Iñupiaq village corporation from Wainwright now grown into a global federal contractor, won a $210K contract to plug abandoned wells in Wyoming.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: An Iñupiaq village corporation from Wainwright is plugging orphaned wells in Wyoming

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

A $3.73 million contract will fix water intrusion at the Anchorage VA

A $3.73 million federal contract will fix water intrusion at the Anchorage VA Medical Center — a year of work by a Palmer firm, starting in September.

by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: A $3.73 million contract will fix water intrusion at the Anchorage VA

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

A $60,580 project, half of it federal, will update Kodiak's history book

Kodiak Historical Society got $30,290 to revise its museum history book covering Alaska's oldest building and the Russian era through today.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago

Kodiak, Alaska

Cover image for article: A $60,580 project, half of it federal, will update Kodiak's history book

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

A Kodiak Native corporation's federal-contracting arm wins medical-billing work in Oklahoma

A subsidiary of Kodiak's Koniag corporation won a $1.26 million federal contract for medical-billing work in Oklahoma — the kind of business that funds dividends and scholarships for 4,300 Alutiiq shareholders.

by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: A Kodiak Native corporation's federal-contracting arm wins medical-billing work in Oklahoma

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Mat-Su loses its fall silver harvest, with one river closed without even a count

Mat-Su loses its fall silver harvest on the Susitna and Little Susitna after four weak coho years — one river closed without a count, its weir washed out.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago

Susitna River drainage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Mat-Su loses its fall silver harvest, with one river closed without even a count

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Nome buses roll as Steadman Street reopening goes unconfirmed

Nome school buses roll this morning down a street the state said would reopen Friday. The state's own weekly update does not say whether it actually did.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Nome, Alaska

Cover image for article: Nome buses roll as Steadman Street reopening goes unconfirmed

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Southeast gillnetters ride a strong pink run, with the season about to turn toward coho

Southeast gillnetters are working a strong pink salmon season, with several areas open into Thursday and the focus set to turn toward coho later this month.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago

Southeast Alaska

Cover image for article: Southeast gillnetters ride a strong pink run, with the season about to turn toward coho

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Filing closes at 3 p.m. Monday with no publicly known candidate for 12 Kodiak Island Borough seats

Filing closes Monday at 3 p.m. for 16 Kodiak Island Borough seats on the October ballot, but no candidates have publicly filed for 12 of them, including all 10 service area board positions.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Kodiak Island

Cover image for article: Filing closes at 3 p.m. Monday with no publicly known candidate for 12 Kodiak Island Borough seats

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Fall chum and coho fishing is closed across the Tanana drainage

Fall chum and coho fishing is closed across the Tanana drainage through year's end, a precautionary move after chum was listed as a stock of concern.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Tanana River

Cover image for article: Fall chum and coho fishing is closed across the Tanana drainage

Saturday, August 15, 2026Sat, Aug 15, 2026

A weak sockeye return has managers ready to open a Juneau-area fishery on six hours' notice

A weak Speel Lake sockeye return near Juneau has managers ready to open a terminal fishery on six hours' notice. Escapement is below its goal range.

by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago

Southeast Alaska

Cover image for article: A weak sockeye return has managers ready to open a Juneau-area fishery on six hours' notice

Sunday, August 16, 2026Sun, Aug 16, 2026

Southeast seiners get another opening, with one district carrying a below-forecast pink season

Southeast seiners get another opening Tuesday, with one district carrying more than half the catch in a pink season running below the regionwide forecast.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Southeast Alaska

Cover image for article: Southeast seiners get another opening, with one district carrying a below-forecast pink season

Saturday, August 15, 2026Sat, Aug 15, 2026

Bethel shut off a home's water to stop raw sewage, and the resident turned it back on

Bethel cut off a home's water to stop raw sewage reaching the ground, but the resident turned it back on, and the sewage still has nowhere treated to go.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago

Bethel, Alaska

Cover image for article: Bethel shut off a home's water to stop raw sewage, and the resident turned it back on

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

State's latest fuel survey put Alaska gasoline at $6.63 a gallon, and it is seven months old

State fuel data shows Alaska gasoline averaged 6.63 dollars in January. This report is seven months old and prices have risen.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: State's latest fuel survey put Alaska gasoline at $6.63 a gallon, and it is seven months old

Sunday, August 16, 2026Sun, Aug 16, 2026

One donor supplied 99 percent of the non-individual money behind Alaska's ranked choice repeal

Aurora Action Network gave $1.83 million to Alaska's ranked-choice repeal campaign, over 99 percent of its non-individual funding, but the group's true funding sources don't appear in public records.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: One donor supplied 99 percent of the non-individual money behind Alaska's ranked choice repeal

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Anchorage airport would let CLEAR sell a faster security line

Anchorage's airport wants to let a private company sell a faster spot in the security line. Objections are due on a Sunday, when the office is closed.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Anchorage airport would let CLEAR sell a faster security line

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Federal charter keeps water sampling going on the Unuk, downstream of three British Columbia mines

A $15,510 charter keeps USGS crews sampling the Unuk River this fall. Three large British Columbia mine projects sit in development upstream.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago

Ketchikan, Alaska

Cover image for article: Federal charter keeps water sampling going on the Unuk, downstream of three British Columbia mines

Thursday, July 16, 2026Thu, Jul 16, 2026

Anchorage water chemical contract returns $855,400 higher with no explanation

Anchorage's water treatment chemical will cost $855,400 more than the bid the administration backed two weeks ago. It sits on tonight's consent agenda.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Anchorage water chemical contract returns $855,400 higher with no explanation

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Three Alaska Native groups demand answers on rural election staffing before Tuesday's primary

Three Alaska Native groups are demanding the state account for unfilled rural election-worker jobs and pay overdue per diem before Tuesday's primary, citing past precincts that never opened.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Three Alaska Native groups demand answers on rural election staffing before Tuesday's primary

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Tatlanika Fire still listed as 3.5 acres but agency reports put it above 31,000

Alaska 511 still lists the Tatlanika Fire at 3.5 acres, but state fire managers reported it at over 31,000 acres on August 13.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Interior Alaska

Cover image for article: Tatlanika Fire still listed as 3.5 acres but agency reports put it above 31,000

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

An Iñupiaq firefighter from Noorvik died fighting a Minnesota wildfire, and two states lowered their flags

Leslie R. Washington, a 41-year-old firefighter from Noorvik, died Aug. 11 during a medical emergency while fighting the Bear Trap Fire in Minnesota.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: An Iñupiaq firefighter from Noorvik died fighting a Minnesota wildfire, and two states lowered their flags

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Thursday is the last day to file for Bethel city council

Thursday at 4 p.m. is the last chance to file for one of four Bethel city council seats on the Oct. 6 ballot. Voters have until Sept. 6 to register.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Bethel, Alaska

Cover image for article: Thursday is the last day to file for Bethel city council

Sunday, August 16, 2026Sun, Aug 16, 2026

Cook Inlet drift gillnetters drop to two days a week as the sockeye catch thins out

Cook Inlet drift gillnetters are down to Mondays and Thursdays for the season, after two openings in a row each took under 1% of the sockeye harvest.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago

Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska

Cover image for article: Cook Inlet drift gillnetters drop to two days a week as the sockeye catch thins out

Monday, August 17, 2026Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Gas tax package still off the Senate floor as the special session nears its limit

Alaska Senate held a technical session Monday with no business and will not meet again until 2 p.m. Friday.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago

Juneau, Alaska

Cover image for article: Gas tax package still off the Senate floor as the special session nears its limit

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