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Alaska is auctioning 152 pieces of itself โ residents only, no warranties, sometimes no road, and the state reserves the right to give your remote dream lot some neighbors.

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance introduced two property tax breaks Tuesday to spur housing development in the city.

Anchorage Platting Board will decide July 1 whether to eliminate a Canyon Road walking path so a developer can build a house on a vacant lot near Flat Top trailhead.

A young humpback got snared in crab-pot lines near Juneau โ and a relay of passing boat crews kept watch until rescuers could cut it loose.

Two adults stranded 15 miles offshore near Kotzebue were rescued by hunting boats before the formal rescue vessel arrived, both safe by early Wednesday morning.

Starry Fire #234 reached 50% containment Tuesday as military crews from three Alaska bases joined firefighters securing the perimeter, with rain and wind expected to help cool the interior.

Lightning sparked 7,400 strikes and at least 11 fires near Delta Junction Monday, with the Shaw Fire growing nearly 1,900 acres in four hours before Tuesday's rain slowed the spread.

National Weather Service warns gravel bars and campsites across the Susitna Valley will flood by Wednesday as 1 to 2 inches of rain falls and rivers crest.

Gov. Dunleavy signed a bill letting Alaskans title imported classic cars 25 years or older, matching federal rules and unblocking owners caught in an outdated gap.

Cook Inlet razor clam diggers must now get a permit before heading out this summer, and face a December 31 reporting deadline or lose eligibility next year, even if they never dug a clam.

Senate Indian Affairs Committee held confirmation hearing for Mark Cruz, nominated to lead Indian Health Service. Murkowski signaled early support. Cruz pledged to prioritize tribal consultation and address workforce shortages and $8 billion construction backlog.

Kodiak anglers can keep 10 sockeye per day at South Olga Lakes starting Friday, June 26, through July 15, after the run exceeded its escapement goal.

Alaska has more parkland than any state. A House panel advanced a renewed fund to chip at a $46B repair backlog โ after a scrap over a foreign-tourist fee.

Anchorage Assembly approved a contract with True North Recovery to connect people arrested for low-level offenses to treatment instead of jail, funded by opioid settlement money.

Anchorage Assembly unanimously passed a veteran-owned business preference for city contracts, letting qualifying vets match the lowest bid rather than automatically winning at higher cost.

In rural Alaska the housing problem isn't the price โ it's that the houses barely exist. A bipartisan bill aimed at exactly that just cleared the Senate 85-5.

The oil spike that padded Alaska's budget also jacked up its schools' heating bills โ so the budget hands some back. One-time money for a permanent problem.

Crews are fixing broken guardrail and fencing on the Glenn, so the right Anchorage-bound lane is closed till 4:30 PM Thursday. Boring, until you need that rail.

On the Kasilof, Alaska is opening the sockeye floodgates and rationing the kings on the same water โ a tidy snapshot of where the salmon stand. Grab a dipnet.

iHeartMedia cut longtime Anchorage radio hosts Casey Bieber and Amy Demboski as the company shifts from local programming to national content, narrowing Alaska's local media landscape.

A Washington angler got cited for keeping a snagged sockeye on the Russian โ where "hooked in the mouth or it's poaching" isn't fussiness, it's how Alaska keeps the run honest.

Anchorage's child care fund says two programs loaded onto it are starving its mission. The board wants them moved to the alcohol tax โ which is shrinking even faster.

Washington recovered a record $6.8B in false-claims cases last year. Alaska's universities run on federal research money, and Begich is on the oversight panel.

East Anchorage is getting another El Green-Go's โ the liquor license has cleared every hurdle, and only a quiet July 21 deadline stands in the way.

The EPA's deputy came to Anchorage to tell the resource industry the feds are clearing the way โ and the message from the room was: hurry, before the politics flip.

Near Nenana, robots are autonomously fighting fire for an $11M prize โ tested on tame controlled burns while the real Interior fire season rages a short flight away.

Alaska's top Senate candidates, Sullivan and Peltola, both worked Fairbanks on June 24 โ in a close, nationally watched race where neither can cede the Interior.

Mat-Su Disc Golf Association volunteers spread donated wood chips across muddy tee pads at Alcantra course in Wasilla, a free public course seeing growing use from families and casual players.

A Sand Lake street says its shared wells are laced with arsenic and wants help connecting to city water โ reviving the question of who pays for private wells.

Kodiak's road-system sockeye river is closing on a dismal 988-fish count โ while Litnik, just across the island, is cruising past 15,000.

Alaska's judicial watchdog has a new director for the first time in 37 years, and the change affects how Alaskans file complaints against judges.

Two Alaska Democrats marked the Dobbs anniversary vowing to protect abortion rights โ which the state constitution already has, since 1972. Anniversary politics, on cue.

MEA's spraying herbicide near Knik-Goose Bay. Alaska's strict notice rules cover only government land โ so near your private well, what you're owed is mostly MEA's call.

Alaska wants to keep the McGrath Fire Base โ one of the last forward firefighting outposts on Earth, guarding 66 million roadless acres with a crew that's mostly temps.

Alaska has botched SNAP payments worse than any state three years running โ and now a new law means the state may have to start paying Washington back for the mistakes.

Trump's wildlife nominee says the Endangered Species Act drowns in lawsuits โ and nowhere does that fight bite harder than Alaska, where polar bears and belugas sit atop the oil patch.

Two Anchorage Assembly members called on George Martinez to resign after an APOC ruling found he willfully used campaign funds for personal benefit and lied under oath.

U.S. Attorney Michael Heyman warned that violence against Alaska officers is rising and often unreported, citing a recent shooting where an officer was struck in the knee.

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