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Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

Cover image for article: Anchorage Assembly weighs new police SUVs and an off-market firehouse sale

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Anchorage Assembly weighs new police SUVs and an off-market firehouse sale

The Anchorage Assembly weighs two property calls Aug. 4: $1.88M for 27 new police SUVs, and a no-bid sale of an old Government Hill firehouse to its current tenant.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago

Anchorage

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026Wed, Jul 29, 2026

The water rights Alaska Natives can't claim

Murkowski chairs Wednesday's hearing on five tribal water settlements, none in Alaska. ANCSA extinguished the rights that make such deals possible for Alaska Natives.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: The water rights Alaska Natives can't claim

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Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

State would lease airport land at 18 cents a foot until 2076

Alaska wants to rent two acres at its busiest cargo airport for 18 cents a foot until 2076. A bargain for Anchorage, or a 50-year giveaway?

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: State would lease airport land at 18 cents a foot until 2076

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Sterling residents want to tax themselves for recreation

Sterling residents want to tax themselves for recreation. On Aug. 4 the borough sets the date for a public meeting where they can back or fight the plan.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Sterling, Alaska

Cover image for article: Sterling residents want to tax themselves for recreation

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

Kenai assembly weighs putting school board term limits to voters

Kenai's assembly weighs term limits for school board members — but can't impose them alone, so a yes vote just puts the question to borough voters. Hearing Sept. 1.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kenai assembly weighs putting school board term limits to voters

Fri, Jun 26, 2026

A tiny fire near Koyuk has smoldered under investigation for a month

A quarter-acre fire 51 miles northeast of Koyuk has been under investigation for over a month, with no cause identified and no threat to homes or subsistence areas reported.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago

Koyuk, Alaska

Cover image for article: A tiny fire near Koyuk has smoldered under investigation for a month

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

A North Pole dirt bike crash follows a fatal Fairbanks motorcycle wreck

A North Pole dirt bike rider walked away with minor injuries — the interior's second two-wheeled crash this month, after a Fairbanks motorcyclist was killed.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago

North Pole, Alaska

Cover image for article: A North Pole dirt bike crash follows a fatal Fairbanks motorcycle wreck

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

Woman killed, two juveniles critically hurt in crash at Northern Lights and UAA Drive

A woman died and two juveniles were critically injured in a crash at East Northern Lights Boulevard and UAA Drive in Anchorage early Tuesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Woman killed, two juveniles critically hurt in crash at Northern Lights and UAA Drive

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

Motorcyclist dies after Parks Highway collision in Meadow Lakes

A motorcyclist died Monday night after colliding with a van on the Parks Highway at South Potter Road in Meadow Lakes, according to Alaska State Troopers.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Meadow Lakes, Alaska

Cover image for article: Motorcyclist dies after Parks Highway collision in Meadow Lakes

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

Free two-day medical, dental and vision clinic set for Sullivan Arena in September

Remote Area Medical runs a free two-day clinic Sept. 19-20 at Sullivan Arena offering dental, vision and medical care with no ID or insurance required.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Anchorage, Alaska

Cover image for article: Free two-day medical, dental and vision clinic set for Sullivan Arena in September

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

Kodiak weighs a 3% marijuana tax, and a dispensary owner cries foul

Kodiak may tax marijuana 3% for a community well-being fund — but a dispensary owner says pot keeps getting singled out as the island's sin of choice.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Kodiak Island, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kodiak weighs a 3% marijuana tax, and a dispensary owner cries foul

Wednesday, July 29, 2026Wed, Jul 29, 2026

UAA wants to pour wine at the gallery opening — under a 'sporting' license

UAA wants to serve beer and wine at its arts venues — under a liquor license category called "sporting activity." The string quartet counts, apparently. Assembly votes Aug. 4.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Anchorage

Cover image for article: UAA wants to pour wine at the gallery opening — under a 'sporting' license

Wednesday, July 29, 2026Wed, Jul 29, 2026

A federal minerals program is funding science on the seafloor mining wants to dig

An NSF grant is funding UAF-run science at a Pacific seamount through a "critical minerals" program — on the same mineral-rich seafloor that deep-sea mining wants, and that scientists call living habitat.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago

Fairbanks, Alaska

Cover image for article: A federal minerals program is funding science on the seafloor mining wants to dig

Wednesday, July 29, 2026Wed, Jul 29, 2026

To understand today's coastal flooding, a UAF scientist will study an ancient one

A UAF scientist will spend two years studying how the sea drowned the Bering Land Bridge — because the same western Alaska coast is flooding again, and the ancient record is a forecast.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago

Fairbanks, Alaska

Cover image for article: To understand today's coastal flooding, a UAF scientist will study an ancient one

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

On Aurora Street, water mains are in but the sewer stops short

A new lot split on Aurora Street marks the edge of Anchorage's grid: water mains are in, public sewer isn't, and getting sewer means paying to extend the main.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago

Anchorage

Cover image for article: On Aurora Street, water mains are in but the sewer stops short

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

UAF grant aims to read what a volcano is doing while it does it

A UAF grant aims to turn a volcano's rumble and infrasound into a live readout of how hard it's erupting, with Aleutian air traffic as the stakes.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago

Fairbanks, Alaska

Cover image for article: UAF grant aims to read what a volcano is doing while it does it

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

Kodiak Reentry seeks borough funds as nonprofit grant requests outstrip budget

A volunteer-run Kodiak reentry group that helps people leave incarceration for treatment is asking the borough for rent money — in a year when the grant fund is badly oversubscribed.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Kodiak Island, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kodiak Reentry seeks borough funds as nonprofit grant requests outstrip budget

Wednesday, July 29, 2026Wed, Jul 29, 2026

Tree closes all lanes of North Glenn Highway near mile 71

When a tree falls on the North Glenn and nobody is around to see it, can the highway be shut down at all?

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

North Glenn Highway near mile 71, Mat-Su Valley, Alaska

Cover image for article: Tree closes all lanes of North Glenn Highway near mile 71

Wednesday, July 29, 2026Wed, Jul 29, 2026

Weak sockeye run tightens fishing at Saltery Creek, twice in two days

A no-show sockeye run at Kodiak's Saltery Creek closes extra subsistence waters and cuts the sport limit from five fish to two, two restrictions in two days.

by Alaska News2mo ago

Kodiak Island, Alaska

Cover image for article: Weak sockeye run tightens fishing at Saltery Creek, twice in two days

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

Kids get the Homer Spit's prime fishing spot for a day

Kids get the Homer Spit's best fishing hole to themselves Saturday for the lagoon's youth day — a perk some shut-out adults grumble about.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Homer, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kids get the Homer Spit's prime fishing spot for a day

Thursday, July 9, 2026Thu, Jul 9, 2026

Retiring judge's Arctic caseload lands in an unassigned court queue

A retiring Arctic judge's entire caseload but eight cases now sits in an unassigned queue, with no new judge named and no word on hearing dates across three hub communities.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago

North Slope

Cover image for article: Retiring judge's Arctic caseload lands in an unassigned court queue

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

Klondike Highway closes overnight near Skagway for rockfall work

The Klondike Highway near Skagway is closed 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. on weeknights for rockfall work. Evening single-lane delays up to 10 minutes until 11.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Skagway, Alaska

Cover image for article: Klondike Highway closes overnight near Skagway for rockfall work

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

The state says Girdwood's Moose Meadow trails are trespassing

Four beloved Girdwood trails cross onto state airport land, and the state now calls using them trespassing — just as residents push to make them official.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Girdwood, Alaska

Cover image for article: The state says Girdwood's Moose Meadow trails are trespassing

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

Anchorage let $11.8 million skip the books it promised to check

Anchorage could have policed $11.8 million in off-the-books spending starting in early 2024. It waited nearly two years, and none of it showed on the public tracker.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago

Anchorage

Cover image for article: Anchorage let $11.8 million skip the books it promised to check

Thursday, July 2, 2026Thu, Jul 2, 2026

Oil-company seismic data is going public — the price of a state tax credit

Oil-company seismic surveys from Cook Inlet and the North Slope are going public — the eventual price of the state tax credits that funded them — as companies hunt for new gas in a declining basin.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Oil-company seismic data is going public — the price of a state tax credit

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

A rare bacterial infection in Alaska turned out to be mostly a lab error

A spike in a rare Campylobacter infection in Alaska last year was mostly a lab miscount. Six real cases remained statewide, one of them fatal.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: A rare bacterial infection in Alaska turned out to be mostly a lab error

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

The state ordered Cook Inlet setnetters onto gear their permits don't allow

Alaska ordered Cook Inlet setnetters onto gear their permits don't allow, deepening a years-long squeeze on a fishery it controls in state waters.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Cook Inlet, Alaska

Cover image for article: The state ordered Cook Inlet setnetters onto gear their permits don't allow

Wednesday, July 29, 2026Wed, Jul 29, 2026

Juneau's flood barriers came from an Illinois stockpile

The walls guarding 1,900 Juneau homes from a glacial flood came from an Illinois stockpile. Locals paid for round one; the feds covered all $35 million of round two.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Juneau, Alaska

Cover image for article: Juneau's flood barriers came from an Illinois stockpile

Sunday, July 26, 2026Sun, Jul 26, 2026

Eight welders certify in Nome as a $400 million port job looms

Eight Bering Strait adults certified in welding in Nome just as a $399 million port expansion gears up to need exactly that skill. And nobody had to leave the region to train.

by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago

Nome, Alaska

Cover image for article: Eight welders certify in Nome as a $400 million port job looms

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

Unalakleet's new greenhouse sends its first harvest to the elders

Unalakleet's new greenhouse is sending its first harvest to village elders — and the schoolkids who named the potatoes will be back in fall to pick them.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago

Unalakleet, Alaska

Cover image for article: Unalakleet's new greenhouse sends its first harvest to the elders

Sunday, July 26, 2026Sun, Jul 26, 2026

AVCP chief executive presents on Arctic typhoons as Inuit assembly closes in Iqaluit

AVCP's CEO presented on Arctic typhoons at an Inuit assembly in Iqaluit, highlighting how Typhoon Halong destroyed homes and displaced hundreds in Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta villages in October 2025.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago

Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

Cover image for article: AVCP chief executive presents on Arctic typhoons as Inuit assembly closes in Iqaluit

Wednesday, July 29, 2026Wed, Jul 29, 2026

Alaska's senators move to shore up the NSF office that funds most UA research

Alaska's senators want to make permanent the NSF office that funds most UA research — even as the Trump budget would cut NSF by more than half.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska's senators move to shore up the NSF office that funds most UA research

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

Cordova's broken pool feeds a push to merge its aging rec buildings

Cordova's pool sits broken with no reopening date — the sharp end of an aging-buildings problem now pushing the city to merge the pool and rec center.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Cordova, Alaska

Cover image for article: Cordova's broken pool feeds a push to merge its aging rec buildings

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

Begich bill would make Alaska trawlers carry salmon excluder gear

Alaska's delegation wants trawlers to carry salmon excluders and seafloor sensors, as bycatch keeps killing Chinook from western Alaska's collapsed runs.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska, Alaska

Cover image for article: Begich bill would make Alaska trawlers carry salmon excluder gear

Wednesday, July 29, 2026Wed, Jul 29, 2026

The Sullivan who won his case lands on the ballot with no party

Daniel J. Sullivan filed as a Republican and won his fight to stay on the Senate ballot. His reward: he appears with no party label, while the incumbent gets "Republican, incumbent."

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: The Sullivan who won his case lands on the ballot with no party

Wednesday, July 29, 2026Wed, Jul 29, 2026

State cost-share helps Kenai and Mat-Su fix eroding riverbanks

Kenai and Mat-Su landowners can get the state to cover up to half or two-thirds of eroding-bank repairs — if they use salmon-friendly fixes, not rock armor.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago

Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Cover image for article: State cost-share helps Kenai and Mat-Su fix eroding riverbanks

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

Mat-Su forum tackles housing for after parents are gone

A Mat-Su nonprofit will present plans Thursday for small-scale housing for disabled adults, aimed at the families asking what comes after they're gone.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Wasilla, Alaska

Cover image for article: Mat-Su forum tackles housing for after parents are gone

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

A 20-acre parcel near Homer is headed to public hands — but for what?

Twenty acres near Homer could be sold to a public or charitable group with no auction — though the state's notice doesn't say who wants it or why. Comment by Aug. 31.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago

Homer, Alaska

Cover image for article: A 20-acre parcel near Homer is headed to public hands — but for what?

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

NOAA asks how to simplify import rules Alaska waited a decade for

Import rules Alaska harvesters waited ten years for took effect Jan. 1. Seven months later, NOAA wants to know how to make them easier to run.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: NOAA asks how to simplify import rules Alaska waited a decade for

Tuesday, July 28, 2026Tue, Jul 28, 2026

K9 Jack retires at 5 after four years on Interior village patrols

K9 Jack is retiring at 5, early for a police dog, after four years and a long list of seizures across 39 Interior villages. A younger nose has the beat now.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago

Cover image for article: K9 Jack retires at 5 after four years on Interior village patrols

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