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Tuesday, September 22, 2026Tue, Sep 22, 2026

Cover image for article: At an industry forum, four candidates for governor made their case on resource development

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At an industry forum, four candidates for governor made their case on resource development

At an industry forum, Alaska's four candidates for governor all backed more resource development. Where they differed was on what the state should pay for it.

by Alaska News22h agoAI

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Thursday, September 17, 2026Thu, Sep 17, 2026

Draft Southeast plan omits Juneau-Skagway road, comment closes Oct. 19

The road from Juneau to Skagway has been argued about for twenty years. The state's new plan for Southeast does not mention it even one time.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d agoAI

Southeast Alaska

Cover image for article: Draft Southeast plan omits Juneau-Skagway road, comment closes Oct. 19

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Thursday, September 17, 2026Thu, Sep 17, 2026

Alaska's population holds steady to 2055. Kodiak loses a quarter of its people.

Alaska's population barely changes by 2055. Kodiak's drops 26 percent. A flat statewide average hides what happens to individual communities.

by Walter AlaskaNews5d agoAI

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska's population holds steady to 2055. Kodiak loses a quarter of its people.

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Sep23Wed
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Sep23Wed
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Sep23Wed
Aleut Corporation Early Proxy Voting Deadline
Sep23Wed
Goat Hunt RG249 Registration Closes North of Valdez Arm
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Thursday, September 17, 2026Thu, Sep 17, 2026

Congress weighs $500 million in tribal water money Alaska can't reach

Congress is moving $500 million for one California tribe's water rights, a kind of federal money that Alaska's tribes, by their legal status, can barely reach.

by Maggie AlaskaNews5d agoAI

Washington, D.C.

Cover image for article: Congress weighs $500 million in tribal water money Alaska can't reach

Thursday, September 17, 2026Thu, Sep 17, 2026

House subcommittee hears testimony on conveying 21,578 Denali acres to Doyon

Doyon selected a sacred rock formation in Denali as its own in 1978. Forty-eight years later, Congress is still deciding whether to hand it over.

by Maggie AlaskaNews5d agoAI

Denali, Alaska

Cover image for article: House subcommittee hears testimony on conveying 21,578 Denali acres to Doyon

Thursday, September 17, 2026Thu, Sep 17, 2026

Copper River coho periods stretch to 36 hours next week

Copper River gillnetters get 36-hour openings Monday and Thursday, up from 24-hour periods, after a delta survey counted 40,780 coho above the expected range, following a difficult summer.

by Bill AlaskaNews5d agoAI

Copper River, Alaska

Cover image for article: Copper River coho periods stretch to 36 hours next week

Thursday, September 17, 2026Thu, Sep 17, 2026

Three of 20 Alaska aviation accidents since July 19 were fatal

Twenty aircraft have crashed in Alaska in eight weeks. Three were fatal. The state's accident rate runs more than twice the national average.

by Maggie AlaskaNews5d agoAI

Alaska

Cover image for article: Three of 20 Alaska aviation accidents since July 19 were fatal

Thursday, September 17, 2026Thu, Sep 17, 2026

Anchorage housing overlay hearing carries to Oct. 6 after divided testimony

Anchorage heard nearly 90 minutes of divided housing testimony, then ran out of time. The 30,000-parcel overlay returns Oct. 6

by Walter AlaskaNews6d agoAI

Anchorage

Cover image for article: Anchorage housing overlay hearing carries to Oct. 6 after divided testimony

Tuesday, September 15, 2026Tue, Sep 15, 2026

A hydro plant sat on state land five years after its easement expired

A hydro plant east of Palmer has sat on state land for five years with no authorization to be there. The state now proposes to lease it the ground.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4d agoAI

Palmer, Alaska

Cover image for article: A hydro plant sat on state land five years after its easement expired

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

Bethel council to vote Sept. 22 on paying utilities for Atsaq Place supportive housing

Bethel City Council votes Sept. 22 on paying water, sewer and waste utilities for Atsaq Place supportive housing, a 24-unit shelter for people experiencing homelessness.

by Walter AlaskaNews5d agoAI

Bethel, Alaska

Cover image for article: Bethel council to vote Sept. 22 on paying utilities for Atsaq Place supportive housing

Thursday, September 17, 2026Thu, Sep 17, 2026

Spur demolition begins for Nome's planned Arctic deep-draft port

Kiewit has begun removing Nome's port spur. Phase 1A extends the causeway, while separate dredging will create the 40-foot basin.

by Bill AlaskaNews5d agoAI

Nome, Alaska

Cover image for article: Spur demolition begins for Nome's planned Arctic deep-draft port

Thursday, September 17, 2026Thu, Sep 17, 2026

A Dena'ina artist's work is headed for downtown Anchorage's signs

Dena'ina artist Sebastian Garber's MOA50 designs reach downtown Anchorage's wayfinding signs next year, drawing on Indigenous quillwork patterns.

by Walter AlaskaNews5d agoAI

Anchorage

Cover image for article: A Dena'ina artist's work is headed for downtown Anchorage's signs

Thursday, September 17, 2026Thu, Sep 17, 2026

Port of Alaska must ship contaminated soil out of state after storm drain dig

Crews at the Port of Alaska hit soil dirtier than testing predicted. It's now headed out of state, on a project with a grant deadline attached.

by Walter AlaskaNews5d agoAI

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Port of Alaska must ship contaminated soil out of state after storm drain dig

Thursday, September 17, 2026Thu, Sep 17, 2026

Trump fishing order targets Gulf, Atlantic data disputes and could reach Alaska

Trump changed no Alaska catch limit. His national sportfishing order targets Atlantic and Gulf data disputes but could later reach Alaska rules.

by Walter AlaskaNews5d agoAI

Alaska

Cover image for article: Trump fishing order targets Gulf, Atlantic data disputes and could reach Alaska

Thursday, September 17, 2026Thu, Sep 17, 2026

Wasilla's road plan expired on a population forecast 38 percent too high

Wasilla's road plan expired, its parent comprehensive plan was repealed in 2011, and it assumed 3,700 more residents than the city actually has.

by Walter AlaskaNews5d agoAI

Wasilla, Alaska

Cover image for article: Wasilla's road plan expired on a population forecast 38 percent too high

Thursday, September 17, 2026Thu, Sep 17, 2026

Visitors keep walking into Seward's industrial port

Cruise passengers in Seward keep wandering into the industrial port instead of onto the sidewalk. The city is paying $79,920 to sort out the signs.

by Walter AlaskaNews5d agoAI

Seward, Alaska

Cover image for article: Visitors keep walking into Seward's industrial port

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

The snow crab limit is going up. There aren't more crab.

The Bering Sea snow crab catch limit would rise 13% this winter — not because there are more crab, but because scientists cut the safety margin in half.

by Walter AlaskaNews5d agoAI

Bering Sea

Cover image for article: The snow crab limit is going up. There aren't more crab.

Thursday, September 17, 2026Thu, Sep 17, 2026

Unalaska student wins national naval history award for Angoon bombardment project

Unalaska student River Zaochney won a national Naval History Award for a project on the 1882 Navy bombardment of Angoon, a Tlingit village the Navy formally apologized for in 2024.

by Maggie AlaskaNews5d agoAI

Unalaska, Alaska

Cover image for article: Unalaska student wins national naval history award for Angoon bombardment project

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

Bethel flooding is forecast to return with Thursday morning's tide

The Kuskokwim River pushed water into low-lying Bethel this week and is expected to rise again Thursday, as onshore winds hold it back from draining.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d agoAI

Bethel, Alaska

Cover image for article: Bethel flooding is forecast to return with Thursday morning's tide

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

Two missing after boat overturns near Bethel

Two people are missing after a boat overturned near Bethel on Tuesday afternoon. Search and rescue efforts are ongoing.

by Maggie AlaskaNews6d agoAI

Bethel, Alaska

Cover image for article: Two missing after boat overturns near Bethel

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

Two men die in a plane crash near Aniak, Troopers say

Two men were killed when a small plane crashed after taking off from a moose camp near Aniak, Alaska State Troopers said.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d agoAI

Aniak, Alaska

Cover image for article: Two men die in a plane crash near Aniak, Troopers say

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

Kaktovik's do-not-drink notice stays until sharper lab results arrive

Kaktovik's do-not-drink order is still in place. The North Tank starts refilling Friday, and new samples with finer detection limits are at the lab.

by Maggie AlaskaNews6d agoAI

Kaktovik, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kaktovik's do-not-drink notice stays until sharper lab results arrive

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

Kodiak Island Borough warns of wire transfer scam targeting zoning applicants

Scammers are posing as Kodiak zoning officials and demanding wire transfers. Nobody in history has ever been this eager to collect a permit fee.

by Alaska News5d agoAI

Kodiak Island, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kodiak Island Borough warns of wire transfer scam targeting zoning applicants

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

Ice risk on the Dalton Highway and Arctic Coast until noon

Freezing rain and snow could make roads slippery on the Beaufort Sea Coast and Arctic Plains through noon Wednesday, National Weather Service warns.

by Maggie AlaskaNews6d agoAI

Central Beaufort Sea Coast, Alaska

Cover image for article: Ice risk on the Dalton Highway and Arctic Coast until noon

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

Dense fog cuts Annette Island visibility to a quarter mile

Dense fog has visibility down to a quarter mile on Annette Island through Wednesday morning, the third such advisory in the southern panhandle in a day.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d agoAI

Southeast Alaska

Cover image for article: Dense fog cuts Annette Island visibility to a quarter mile

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

Alaska towns can build housing with this grant now, up to a point

Alaska communities can finally use block grant money to build housing. The most any one of them could put toward construction is about $170,000.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d agoAI

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska towns can build housing with this grant now, up to a point

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

Fish and Game suspends ice house registration in the Copper Basin

Ice anglers in the Copper Basin won't have to register their fishing shelters this winter, after the state found there's no way to do it online.

by Bill AlaskaNews6d agoAI

Upper Copper-Upper Susitna Management Area, Alaska

Cover image for article: Fish and Game suspends ice house registration in the Copper Basin

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

Alaska will clear Tok's fire debris free

Alaska will clear fire debris in Tok for free, but owners must sign a packet whose terms are final — and the form isn't posted where the state says it is.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d agoAI

Tok, Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska will clear Tok's fire debris free

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

Cordova council votes 4-0 to negotiate hillside lot sale instead of taking bids

Cordova City Council voted 4-0 to negotiate directly with one interested buyer for a hillside lot instead of seeking sealed bids, overriding the Planning Commission's recommendation

by Walter AlaskaNews6d agoAI

Cordova, Alaska

Cover image for article: Cordova council votes 4-0 to negotiate hillside lot sale instead of taking bids

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

Mat-Su picks a pricier road route over its advisors and landowners

Mat-Su picked a $21–31 million road route over a $9–10 million one, against every advisory body and landowners who won't sell, on a vote that first failed.

by Walter AlaskaNews5d agoAI

Mat-Su Valley

Cover image for article: Mat-Su picks a pricier road route over its advisors and landowners

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

Sullivan diesel-derate bill advances Senate committee 10-9

A Senate panel advanced Sullivan's diesel-derate bill 10-9. It mandates cold-weather relief while EPA separately considers broader changes.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d agoAI

Alaska

Cover image for article: Sullivan diesel-derate bill advances Senate committee 10-9

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

Three students share the Anchorage Assembly's youth representative seat

Anchorage Assembly Chair Anna Brawley appointed three high school students to share the youth representative seat through April 2027, a nonbinding advisory role open to residents ages 16 to 19.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d agoAI

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Three students share the Anchorage Assembly's youth representative seat

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

A House committee cited Alaska while advancing a drilling bill for elsewhere

A House committee voted to drop federal drilling permits on 4 million acres. None are in Alaska, but the chairman held up Alaska as the model.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 5d agoAI

National

Cover image for article: A House committee cited Alaska while advancing a drilling bill for elsewhere

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

House committee advances bill treating hatchery fish as wild under Endangered Species Act

House committee voted to require federal agencies to consider hatchery fish alongside wild ones in Endangered Species Act consultations, a shift with major economic implications for Alaska's salmon industry.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 5d agoAI

United States

Cover image for article: House committee advances bill treating hatchery fish as wild under Endangered Species Act

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

Remains of at least 10 and an 1895 mortuary pole can return to Sitka Tribe after Oct. 16

Tongass National Forest cleared remains of at least 10 Native individuals for return to Sitka Tribe of Alaska starting October 16, including a mortuary pole held since 1895.

by Maggie AlaskaNews6d agoAI

Sitka, Alaska

Cover image for article: Remains of at least 10 and an 1895 mortuary pole can return to Sitka Tribe after Oct. 16

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

State approves 183-acre Heceta Island clearcut with 300-foot beach buffer

Alaska approved clear-cutting 183 acres on Heceta Island with a 300-foot beach buffer, rejecting the state's own habitat biologist's recommendation for 1,000 feet to protect winter deer habitat.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d agoAI

Heceta Island, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska

Cover image for article: State approves 183-acre Heceta Island clearcut with 300-foot beach buffer

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

Both Alaska senators back advancing a federal NIL bill

Murkowski and Sullivan both voted to advance a federal college athlete pay bill. Alaska has no NIL law of its own, so federal rules would apply directly.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d agoAI

Alaska

Cover image for article: Both Alaska senators back advancing a federal NIL bill

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

Mat-Su kept the Long Trail sign, and the $300,000 that came with it

Mat-Su took $300,000 and kept the trail sign some members worried would invite federal control. The borough's own attorney said it would not.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d agoAI

Mat-Su Valley, Alaska

Cover image for article: Mat-Su kept the Long Trail sign, and the $300,000 that came with it

Tuesday, September 15, 2026Tue, Sep 15, 2026

The Senate blocked federal crypto rules. Alaska already wrote its own

The Senate blocked the first federal crypto rules, with both Alaska senators voting to advance them. Alaska wrote its own kiosk law in July anyway.

by Walter AlaskaNews6d agoAI

Cover image for article: The Senate blocked federal crypto rules. Alaska already wrote its own

Tuesday, September 15, 2026Tue, Sep 15, 2026

Three outhouses east of Cordova, and a $1 million to $5 million estimate

The Forest Service wants three outhouses replaced near Cordova, plus picnic shelters and camping pads. It estimates the job at $1 million to $5 million.

by Maggie AlaskaNews6d agoAI

Cordova, Alaska

Cover image for article: Three outhouses east of Cordova, and a $1 million to $5 million estimate

Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wed, Sep 16, 2026

Low water slows Seward's youth coho fishery, open through Oct. 5

Kids have four more weeks to catch a silver at Seward Lagoon, where low water has been holding the fish outside waiting on enough rain to get in.

by Bill AlaskaNews6d agoAI

Seward, Alaska

Cover image for article: Low water slows Seward's youth coho fishery, open through Oct. 5

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