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

Cover image for article: A new power line is proposed through a historic Delta park

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A new power line is proposed through a historic Delta park

A utility wants to run a new power line through Big Delta State Historical Park to reach a nearby boat launch — open for public comment through July 31.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago

Delta Junction, Alaska

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

Nearly $1 million for Anchorage's safety net goes to an Assembly vote

Anchorage's Assembly votes July 7 on nearly $978,000 for nine nonprofits that feed the homeless, shelter abuse survivors, and help families and kids in crisis.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Anchorage

Cover image for article: Nearly $1 million for Anchorage's safety net goes to an Assembly vote

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A new tower roof could eat half of Juneau airport's reserve, as pilots push for more

Juneau's airport board may spend nearly half its small reserve on a new tower roof — as 50+ pilots dispute a master plan that claims no unmet demand for fuel.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Juneau, Alaska

Cover image for article: A new tower roof could eat half of Juneau airport's reserve, as pilots push for more

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

Anchorage planners count 21 stalled projects as Assembly weighs housing overlay

Anchorage votes July 7 on a zoning change to let "missing middle" housing — duplexes, townhomes, smaller-lot homes — rise along its transit corridors.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Anchorage

Cover image for article: Anchorage planners count 21 stalled projects as Assembly weighs housing overlay

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

A vacant Fairbanks school's fall reopening hinges on a vote — and an unsigned charter

A vacant Fairbanks school could reopen as a charter this fall — if the Assembly says yes Wednesday and the charter group finally signs a district contract.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Fairbanks, Alaska

Cover image for article: A vacant Fairbanks school's fall reopening hinges on a vote — and an unsigned charter

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Juneau man Oscar Griffin found dead after two-day search

Oscar Griffin, a Juneau man missing since Monday, was found dead Thursday by SEADOGS volunteer searchers — the morning after fireworks paused the K-9 search.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Juneau, Alaska

Cover image for article: Juneau man Oscar Griffin found dead after two-day search

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

Fairbanks homeowners can cut their property taxes — and many who qualify don't

Fairbanks homeowners can knock up to $50,000 off their taxable home value, and seniors and disabled vets much more — but many who qualify never file. Deadline Feb 14.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska

Cover image for article: Fairbanks homeowners can cut their property taxes — and many who qualify don't

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

Alaska's abuse-reporting system is down July 10–11; use the paper form

Alaska's system for reporting abuse or neglect of seniors and people with disabilities is down July 10–11. You can still report on paper — download the form first.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska's abuse-reporting system is down July 10–11; use the paper form

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

One place near Anchorage where you can still keep a king

ings are closed across the Mat-Su and Northern Cook Inlet — except Eklutna Tailrace, a stocked fishery where you can still take one home while the wild runs stay shut.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago

Mat-Su Valley, Alaska

Cover image for article: One place near Anchorage where you can still keep a king

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

A new logjam on the Beaver Creek float wants your boat. Here's how to dodge it.

The 100-mile Beaver Creek float is pure Alaska wilderness — but a new debris-choked channel will grab your boat if you let it. Line or portage past it, BLM says.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago

Beaver Creek, Alaska

Cover image for article: A new logjam on the Beaver Creek float wants your boat. Here's how to dodge it.

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

The FAA wants to end the 50-year ban on supersonic flight — and Alaska has the sky for it

Supersonic flight over the U.S. has been banned since 1973. The FAA wants to lift it — and few states have more empty sky for boomless supersonic jets than Alaska.

by Alaska News2mo ago

United States

Cover image for article: The FAA wants to end the 50-year ban on supersonic flight — and Alaska has the sky for it

Thursday, June 11, 2026Thu, Jun 11, 2026

One corner of Homer pays an extra tax to keep the water moving

In one waterside corner of Homer, owners pay an extra 1-mill tax the rest of the city doesn't — to fund their own storm drains. The council just voted to keep charging it.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago

Homer, Alaska

Cover image for article: One corner of Homer pays an extra tax to keep the water moving

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

A river dropped just in time to save the cabins near Chicken

The Polly Fire smoldered near Chicken for a week — but the real obstacle was the river. When the Fortymile finally dropped, crews rushed in to wrap the cabins in sprinklers.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago

Fortymile Mining District, Interior Alaska

Cover image for article: A river dropped just in time to save the cabins near Chicken

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

What "Lake No Lake" is, and why the Taku is running cold and full of debris

Lake No Lake is exactly that — a basin behind a glacier that fills, then drains all at once. It just did, sending cold water and debris down the Taku. No flooding expected.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Taku River, Alaska

Cover image for article: What "Lake No Lake" is, and why the Taku is running cold and full of debris

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

A washout severs a Delta Junction road — again

A washout closed Cummings Road in Delta Junction, cutting off a stretch residents partly maintain themselves — the kind of weather hit Interior roads keep taking.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Delta Junction, Alaska

Cover image for article: A washout severs a Delta Junction road — again

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

Lingcod is open outside Seward but closed inside Resurrection Bay

Lingcod season is open outside Seward, where fishing should be hot — but inside Resurrection Bay you can't even cast for one. And bring 'em back whole.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago

Resurrection Bay, Alaska

Cover image for article: Lingcod is open outside Seward but closed inside Resurrection Bay

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

Alaska's kings are down almost everywhere — here's the picture

From the Yukon to Kodiak to Prince William Sound, Alaska is closing or tightening king salmon fishing nearly statewide — a slow-motion decline now measured in decades, not seasons.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago

Yukon River

Cover image for article: Alaska's kings are down almost everywhere — here's the picture

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

A death reported as a suicide in Atmautluak turned out to be a shooting, troopers say

An Atmautluak death was reported as a suicide, but the scene looked suspicious to troopers. A man now faces manslaughter charges in the fatal shooting of Byron Waska, 28.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago

Atmautluak, Alaska

Cover image for article: A death reported as a suicide in Atmautluak turned out to be a shooting, troopers say

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

Alaska's high court reversed a decision to end a Native mother's parental rights — over how the state made its case

The Alaska Supreme Court reversed a Native mother's parental-rights termination, finding the state's ICWA cultural testimony too vague to meet the law's high bar.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska's high court reversed a decision to end a Native mother's parental rights — over how the state made its case

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

Alaska appeals court identifies DUI jury instruction tension in Homer case

Alaska's appeals court upheld a Homer man's DUI conviction but flagged a gap in jury instructions that could reshape how DUI cases are tried statewide when defendants claim they drank after driving.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska appeals court identifies DUI jury instruction tension in Homer case

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

Fishing Prince of Wales for kings? The nonresident limit just dropped.

Nonresident king limits on Prince of Wales tightened July 1. Two ADF&G documents disagree — the annual cap may be as low as one fish — so confirm the number before you keep one.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago

Prince of Wales Island, Alaska

Cover image for article: Fishing Prince of Wales for kings? The nonresident limit just dropped.

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

Kodiak is shrinking and greying, even as the rest of Alaska grows

Kodiak has lost about 650 residents in five years, roughly 5%, even as Alaska grew. The island is aging: fewer young kids, more residents in their 70s, men leaving 2 to 1.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Kodiak, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kodiak is shrinking and greying, even as the rest of Alaska grows

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

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson visits UAF on July 14 to take questions

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson — the Court's first Black woman and first former public defender — visits UAF on July 14 to take Alaskans' questions.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Fairbanks, Alaska

Cover image for article: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson visits UAF on July 14 to take questions

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

A Ketchikan-area geoduck farm wins a 20-year lease renewal

Geoducks are giant, long-necked clams that can live past 100 and sell for a fortune. A Ketchikan-area farm that grows them just locked in 20 more years.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Ketchikan, Alaska

Cover image for article: A Ketchikan-area geoduck farm wins a 20-year lease renewal

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

Alaska's best shot at a new federal fertilizer grant is an idle Nikiski plant — if it can get the gas

A new $500M federal program funds fertilizer plants. Alaska's one real candidate — the idled Nikiski plant — is stuck on Cook Inlet's gas shortage, not on money.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago

National

Cover image for article: Alaska's best shot at a new federal fertilizer grant is an idle Nikiski plant — if it can get the gas

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

After decades, King Cove's road may finally be coming

Decades of fighting for a road to Cold Bay's all-weather airport — a lifeline in emergencies. Now $18 million in construction money puts it closer than ever.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

King Cove, Alaska

Cover image for article: After decades, King Cove's road may finally be coming

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

Volunteers wanted to rebuild the Ermine Hill Trail to Kesugi Ridge

Alaska Trails wants a weekend crew to fix a footbridge on Ermine Hill, one of the best routes up Kesugi Ridge. Steep hiking, big Denali views, bring gloves.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago

Denali State Park, Alaska

Cover image for article: Volunteers wanted to rebuild the Ermine Hill Trail to Kesugi Ridge

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

In Koyuk, old fuel tanks left petroleum in the ground. Now someone will measure it.

Two old fuel tank farms left petroleum in the ground in Koyuk, part of a statewide legacy of thousands of contaminated sites. A federal grant will assess how bad it is.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago

Koyuk, Alaska

Cover image for article: In Koyuk, old fuel tanks left petroleum in the ground. Now someone will measure it.

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

Kipnuk is being pieced back together, one boardwalk at a time

Alaska closes its federal disaster recovery updates as Typhoon Halong rebuilding continues in Kipnuk, with over 12,000 feet of boardwalk restored but federal funding delays still slowing the work.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Kipnuk, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kipnuk is being pieced back together, one boardwalk at a time

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

Weak Copper River runs bring king closures and a Chitina dipnet shutdown

Copper River salmon are running weak, so kings are now off-limits in Upper Copper sport fishing from July 6, and the Chitina dipnet closes July 6–12.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago

Copper River, Alaska

Cover image for article: Weak Copper River runs bring king closures and a Chitina dipnet shutdown

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

A landslide has closed the Dalton Highway, the main road to the North Slope

A rain-triggered landslide closed the Dalton Highway north of Coldfoot on Monday — blocking the main road to the North Slope and the freight bound for the oil fields.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago

Dalton Highway, Central Brooks Range, Alaska

Cover image for article: A landslide has closed the Dalton Highway, the main road to the North Slope

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

The public can't sit in as the Railbelt reworks your power costs

The body redrawing how Railbelt transmission costs get split is meeting behind closed doors this week — legal under its own bylaws, though the binding decisions still face public review.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago

Southcentral Alaska

Cover image for article: The public can't sit in as the Railbelt reworks your power costs

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

Kenai's $9.4M school-cost risk may never actually come due

A gas-tax bill could add up to $9.4 million a year to Kenai's school costs — but the Legislature's analyst says a sunset means none of it would ever be charged.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Cover image for article: Kenai's $9.4M school-cost risk may never actually come due

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

Alaska's development bank meets behind closed doors on the Arctic Refuge, a mining road, and a port

Alaska's state investment bank meets privately July 8 on its biggest bets — Arctic Refuge oil, the Ambler mining road, Port MacKenzie — with public money on the line.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Alaska's development bank meets behind closed doors on the Arctic Refuge, a mining road, and a port

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

SHI book documents the fraught origins of three Juneau totem poles

Sealaska Heritage Institute released a book on Juneau totem poles. It details how the Forest Service commissioned Native art while seizing Native land.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago

Juneau, Alaska

Cover image for article: SHI book documents the fraught origins of three Juneau totem poles

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

At The Aleut Corporation, a promotion is a window into how a Native corporation works

The Aleut Corporation promoted Theresa Cross to oversee operations across four subsidiaries — a look at how an ANCSA regional corporation works for its Unangax̂ shareholders.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago

Cover image for article: At The Aleut Corporation, a promotion is a window into how a Native corporation works

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

Job and training help for western Alaska's storm-displaced residents

Months after last October's storms displaced western Alaska residents, the state has gathered job and training help for them, part of a still-growing recovery effort.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Western Alaska

Cover image for article: Job and training help for western Alaska's storm-displaced residents

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

Interior Alaska's fire season is easing — but watch for the ones still smoldering

Interior Alaska's wildfires are winding down and crews are heading home — but managers are watching for holdovers, lightning strikes that smolder for days before flaring up.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago

Interior Alaska

Cover image for article: Interior Alaska's fire season is easing — but watch for the ones still smoldering

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

When the Coast Guard searches, Sitka's sky can close

A Coast Guard search shut a patch of low airspace over Sitka for two days — a small disruption elsewhere, but real in a roadbound town that flies for a living.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Sitka, Alaska

Cover image for article: When the Coast Guard searches, Sitka's sky can close

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

Cook Political Report shifts Alaska Senate race to toss-up

A nonpartisan forecaster moved Alaska's Senate race to toss-up — real, independent polling behind it, though the state's Republican lean means "toss-up" isn't the same as an upset.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago

Alaska

Cover image for article: Cook Political Report shifts Alaska Senate race to toss-up

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