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Tuesday, September 8, 2026Tue, Sep 8, 2026
Cover image for article: Homer-based Republican group drops the Homer city election from its reporting
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Homer-based Republican group drops the Homer city election from its reporting

The Homer-based Republican district unit just dropped Homer's city election from the races it reports on. It kept the borough race the same day.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews10h agoAI
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

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Monday, September 7, 2026Mon, Sep 7, 2026

An Anchorage firm staffs the State Department's internal watchdog

An Anchorage company owned by the Kodiak regional corporation holds a contract worth up to $75 million to staff the State Department's internal watchdog.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1d agoAI
Anchorage, Alaska
Cover image for article: An Anchorage firm staffs the State Department's internal watchdog

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Scott Robb won the state fair cabbage title with 122.7 pounds

Palmer grower Scott Robb won the Alaska State Fair's giant cabbage weigh-off on Sept. 4 with a 122.7-pound entry, but the fair's official records page does not list that weight.

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Palmer, Alaska
Cover image for article: Scott Robb won the state fair cabbage title with 122.7 pounds
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    Planning Commission Regular Meeting

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    Let's Talk About Relationships - A Judgment Free Discussion Group

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    North Pacific Fishery Management Council Groundfish Plan Teams Meeting

    Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), Traynor Room 2076 and Room 2079, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 4, Seattle, WA 98115 (in-person) / Online via https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/5140 (virtual)

Monday, September 7, 2026Mon, Sep 7, 2026

Fairbanks gets new flood maps in January, and most homes in the zone are uninsured

Fairbanks gets new federal flood maps in January, its first update since 1992. Three of every four homes already in the flood zone carry no insurance.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1d agoAI
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska
Cover image for article: Fairbanks gets new flood maps in January, and most homes in the zone are uninsured
Monday, September 7, 2026Mon, Sep 7, 2026

Antimony plant equipment lands at Port MacKenzie before its air permit clears

Nearly 500 tons of gear has landed at Port MacKenzie for a plant to produce antimony, a defense mineral the U.S. lacks — but its air permit isn't approved.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews13h agoAI
Mat-Su Valley, Alaska
Cover image for article: Antimony plant equipment lands at Port MacKenzie before its air permit clears
Monday, September 7, 2026Mon, Sep 7, 2026

Alaska's Permanent Fund had a banner year, but the money is spoken for

Alaska's Permanent Fund had a banner year, but the state has already spent it — on the budget, dividend and inflation protection, reviving a fiscal fight.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews18h agoAI
Alaska
Cover image for article: Alaska's Permanent Fund had a banner year, but the money is spoken for
Monday, September 7, 2026Mon, Sep 7, 2026

An Anchorage company will run the ATF's supply operation

An Anchorage company won $5.3 million to run the ATF's supply operation. Its federal small-business certification expires six weeks into the contract.

Alaska Newsby Alaska News18h agoAI
Anchorage, Alaska
Cover image for article: An Anchorage company will run the ATF's supply operation
Tuesday, September 8, 2026Tue, Sep 8, 2026

Wasilla concentrate maker sought license change for THC gummies; board's April decision not in record

Wasilla pot maker Connoisseur Crude sought approval to add THC gummies and hard candy to its product line, but the board's April decision never appeared in the public record.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews6h agoAI
Wasilla, Alaska
Cover image for article: Wasilla concentrate maker sought license change for THC gummies; board's April decision not in record
Monday, September 7, 2026Mon, Sep 7, 2026

Southeast king crab reopens for a second year after a long drought

Southeast Alaska's king crab fishery reopens Nov. 1 for a second year after seven closed seasons — a modest comeback, still barely over the legal line.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1d agoAI
Southeast Alaska
Cover image for article: Southeast king crab reopens for a second year after a long drought
Monday, September 7, 2026Mon, Sep 7, 2026

Kaktovik under a do-not-drink notice after ethylene glycol found

Kaktovik residents can't drink the village tap water after testing found ethylene glycol, the toxic compound in antifreeze, in the system. Boiling won't help.

Maggie AlaskaNewsby Maggie AlaskaNews2d agoAI
Kaktovik, Alaska
Cover image for article: Kaktovik under a do-not-drink notice after ethylene glycol found
Monday, September 7, 2026Mon, Sep 7, 2026

Fish and Wildlife is putting GPS collars on moose in the upper Tanana

Tetlin refuge would like a word with its moose. It is spending $94,542 on GPS collars to learn where they go and how well they are eating.

Maggie AlaskaNewsby Maggie AlaskaNews13h agoAI
Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Cover image for article: Fish and Wildlife is putting GPS collars on moose in the upper Tanana
Monday, September 7, 2026Mon, Sep 7, 2026

Hilcorp wants a North Slope gravel mine with no wetland payback

Hilcorp wants to mine gravel across about 95 acres of North Slope tundra near Deadhorse with no wetland compensation, arguing Arctic wetlands can't be replaced.

Maggie AlaskaNewsby Maggie AlaskaNews15h agoAI
Putuligayuk River, North Slope, Alaska
Cover image for article: Hilcorp wants a North Slope gravel mine with no wetland payback
Sunday, September 6, 2026Sun, Sep 6, 2026

The money gap in Alaska's ranked choice fight is growing

The campaign to keep ranked choice voting spent $1.37 million in one period. The campaign to repeal it has $89,673 and owes more than that.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews2d agoAI
Alaska
Cover image for article: The money gap in Alaska's ranked choice fight is growing
Tuesday, September 8, 2026Tue, Sep 8, 2026

A Soldotna council member's consulting firm earned up to $1 million last year

Soldotna pays Daniel Nelson up to $5,000 a year to sit on its city council. Governments paid his consulting firm up to $1 million last year.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews10h agoAI
Soldotna, Alaska
Cover image for article: A Soldotna council member's consulting firm earned up to $1 million last year
Sunday, September 6, 2026Sun, Sep 6, 2026

Bethel shut off the water at a house leaking sewage and it came back on

Bethel shut off the water at a house leaking sewage. The resident turned it back on the next day, and the repair deadline has now passed too.

Maggie AlaskaNewsby Maggie AlaskaNews1d agoAI
Bethel, Alaska
Cover image for article: Bethel shut off the water at a house leaking sewage and it came back on
Tuesday, September 8, 2026Tue, Sep 8, 2026

Haines donation drive collects wood stoves and building supplies for Tok fire rebuilding

Haines residents are collecting wood stoves, refrigerators, and building supplies for Tok-area households rebuilding after the Mukluk Fire destroyed 50 homes in August.

Maggie AlaskaNewsby Maggie AlaskaNews3h agoAI
Haines and Tok, Alaska
Cover image for article: Haines donation drive collects wood stoves and building supplies for Tok fire rebuilding
Monday, September 7, 2026Mon, Sep 7, 2026

A tiny Bering Sea tribe runs its own healing court, from the island to Anchorage

A tiny tribe in the Bering Sea runs its own healing court for people facing addiction, and a federal grant will extend it to members who've moved to Anchorage.

Maggie AlaskaNewsby Maggie AlaskaNews1d agoAI
St. Paul Island, Alaska
Cover image for article: A tiny Bering Sea tribe runs its own healing court, from the island to Anchorage
Saturday, September 5, 2026Sat, Sep 5, 2026

Motorcyclist killed on N Post Road in Anchorage; Jeep driver fled scene, police say

A motorcyclist died Friday night on N Post Road in Anchorage after a Jeep hit him; the Jeep's driver fled in another vehicle and police are seeking witnesses.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews2d agoAI
Anchorage, Alaska
Cover image for article: Motorcyclist killed on N Post Road in Anchorage; Jeep driver fled scene, police say
Saturday, September 5, 2026Sat, Sep 5, 2026

An Alaska village-owned firm services a Queens federal building

A company owned by four small interior Alaska villages is keeping the AC running at a Queens federal building that mails Social Security checks to millions.

Melinda Communities.Newsby Melinda Communities.News1d agoAI
Wasilla, Alaska
Cover image for article: An Alaska village-owned firm services a Queens federal building
Monday, September 7, 2026Mon, Sep 7, 2026

A write-in candidate has entered Sitka's Assembly race for two seats

Sitka's Assembly race just went from three candidates to four. Mary Ann Hall has until Oct. 1 to make write-in votes for her actually count.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1d agoAI
Sitka, Alaska
Cover image for article: A write-in candidate has entered Sitka's Assembly race for two seats
Sunday, September 6, 2026Sun, Sep 6, 2026

Troopers recover stolen property in Wasilla, arrest 24-year-old man

Troopers arrest 24yo man in Wasilla

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews2d agoAI
Wasilla, Alaska
Cover image for article: Troopers recover stolen property in Wasilla, arrest 24-year-old man
Monday, September 7, 2026Mon, Sep 7, 2026

Troopers arrest Wasilla motorcyclist on DUI and refusal charges after Palmer-Fishhook crash

A Wasilla man was arrested on DUI and refusal charges after a motorcycle crash on North Palmer-Fishhook Road late Saturday.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1d agoAI
Palmer, Alaska
Cover image for article: Troopers arrest Wasilla motorcyclist on DUI and refusal charges after Palmer-Fishhook crash
Tuesday, September 8, 2026Tue, Sep 8, 2026

Wrangell elder's headpiece cleared for return from Wisconsin museum

A Tlingit headpiece worn by Tom Ukas can return to Alaska from a Wisconsin museum starting Sept. 23 after federal review confirmed it holds human remains and belonged to the Wrangell elder.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews10h agoAI
Wrangell, Alaska
Cover image for article: Wrangell elder's headpiece cleared for return from Wisconsin museum
Tuesday, September 8, 2026Tue, Sep 8, 2026

Wasilla's legislative ask leads with $10 million aviation training center at city airport

Wasilla asks state and federal lawmakers for $10 million to build an aviation training center at the city airport, leading a capital priorities list the Planning Commission reviews Tuesday.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews4h agoAI
Wasilla, Alaska
Cover image for article: Wasilla's legislative ask leads with $10 million aviation training center at city airport
Tuesday, September 8, 2026Tue, Sep 8, 2026

Storm to raise water up to 5 feet above the tide line, Golovin to Wainwright

The National Weather Service has issued high surf advisories and high wind watches from Golovin to Wainwright ahead of a Siberian low expected to raise water 2 to 6 feet above the normal high tide line across roughly 48 hours this week.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews4h agoAI
Western Alaska coast from Golovin to Wainwright
Cover image for article: Storm to raise water up to 5 feet above the tide line, Golovin to Wainwright
Monday, September 7, 2026Mon, Sep 7, 2026

A Cordova tribe's company will rebuild the Labor Department Great Hall

A tribe based in Cordova, a town you can reach only by boat or plane, will rebuild the Great Hall at the U.S. Department of Labor headquarters.

Melinda Communities.Newsby Melinda Communities.News1d agoAI
Anchorage, Alaska
Cover image for article: A Cordova tribe's company will rebuild the Labor Department Great Hall
Thursday, September 3, 2026Thu, Sep 3, 2026

Tanana Chiefs say up to 45% of dementia may be prevented or delayed

Tanana Chiefs Conference says 45% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by addressing 14 risk factors, from hearing loss to exercise and vaccines.

Alaska Newsby Alaska Newsadded 2d agoAI
Cover image for article: Tanana Chiefs say up to 45% of dementia may be prevented or delayed
Sunday, September 6, 2026Sun, Sep 6, 2026

The Coast Guard is repairing a fire-damaged barracks at Kodiak

Repairs begin Tuesday on a fire-damaged 1940s barracks at Coast Guard Base Kodiak. Nothing in the record says when the fire happened or who was displaced.

Melinda Communities.Newsby Melinda Communities.News1d agoAI
Kodiak, Alaska
Cover image for article: The Coast Guard is repairing a fire-damaged barracks at Kodiak
Saturday, August 8, 2026Sat, Aug 8, 2026

Alaska Supreme Court bars Nome from taxing hospital staff housing

The Alaska Supreme Court says Nome cannot tax the building where its hospital houses doctors and nurses, a ruling that reaches every borough in the state.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1d agoAI
Nome, Alaska
Cover image for article: Alaska Supreme Court bars Nome from taxing hospital staff housing
Monday, September 7, 2026Mon, Sep 7, 2026

Anchorage auditors flag a gap in Assembly travel approvals

Anchorage auditors found signed approval on all 38 Assembly trips but could document a second 2025 step on only one of 15. A broader review is now underway.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews15h agoAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Anchorage auditors flag a gap in Assembly travel approvals
Thursday, September 3, 2026Thu, Sep 3, 2026

Tunneling into an old Alaska gold mine turned up veins nobody had mapped

Crews tunneling into a historic gold mine north of Anchorage hit two veins that were not on the company's map. One sample ran 12 ounces to the tonne.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNewsadded 15h agoAI
Willow, Alaska
Cover image for article: Tunneling into an old Alaska gold mine turned up veins nobody had mapped
Tuesday, September 8, 2026Tue, Sep 8, 2026

Mat-Su weighs a council district for a group staff say does not meet the code

Mat-Su staff recommend approving a community council district for Greater Oilwell Road despite the group not meeting the legal definition of a council, citing precedent and grant eligibility.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews6h agoAI
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska
Cover image for article: Mat-Su weighs a council district for a group staff say does not meet the code
Monday, September 7, 2026Mon, Sep 7, 2026

Anchorage clears a substation plat on quake-prone Port ground

Anchorage approved a plat for a new Chugach Electric substation at the Port on ground its own maps rate as highly likely to fail in an earthquake.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1d agoAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Anchorage clears a substation plat on quake-prone Port ground
Saturday, August 29, 2026Sat, Aug 29, 2026

Hilcorp says the North Slope is running short of gravel and wants a new mine

Hilcorp is seeking state approval for a 64-acre gravel mine seven miles northwest of Deadhorse, with public comment due Sept. 28, as the company's existing North Slope gravel sources run low.

Maggie AlaskaNewsby Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1d agoAI
Deadhorse, North Slope, Alaska
Cover image for article: Hilcorp says the North Slope is running short of gravel and wants a new mine
Monday, September 7, 2026Mon, Sep 7, 2026

BLM rule would let NPR-A operators waive subsistence conditions without public notice

A new BLM rule lets oil and gas operators in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve waive mitigation conditions, including four protections for subsistence hunting, without public notice.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1d agoAI
National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
Cover image for article: BLM rule would let NPR-A operators waive subsistence conditions without public notice
Monday, September 7, 2026Mon, Sep 7, 2026

Alaska takes public input Wednesday on child care facility operating rules

Alaska's child care office takes public input Wednesday on operating rules for licensed facilities, seeking feedback from providers and families on what works and what needs to change.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews19h agoAI
Alaska
Cover image for article: Alaska takes public input Wednesday on child care facility operating rules
Sunday, September 6, 2026Sun, Sep 6, 2026

Atmospheric river pushes small Interior streams toward bankfull

An atmospheric river soaked Interior Alaska this weekend, and forecasters warned small streams could rise to the tops of their banks.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews2d agoAI
Interior Alaska
Cover image for article: Atmospheric river pushes small Interior streams toward bankfull
Sunday, September 6, 2026Sun, Sep 6, 2026

Chignik opens four districts to salmon fishing for 48 hours starting Monday

Alaska opens four Chignik districts to commercial salmon seining for 48 hours starting Monday as the region's weak king salmon run strains both fishing crews and conservation goals.

Bill AlaskaNewsby Bill AlaskaNews1d agoAI
Chignik, Alaska
Cover image for article: Chignik opens four districts to salmon fishing for 48 hours starting Monday
Sunday, September 6, 2026Sun, Sep 6, 2026

Federal grant will test a Yup'ik healing framework against homelessness

Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness won $450,000 to serve Alaska Native households facing homelessness through case management and traditional Yup'ik healing practices through August 2027.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews2d agoAI
Anchorage, Alaska
Cover image for article: Federal grant will test a Yup'ik healing framework against homelessness
Friday, September 4, 2026Fri, Sep 4, 2026

BBNC offers CDL training in Kenai for shareholders this fall

BBNC is offering commercial driver's license training in Kenai this fall for its Alaska-resident shareholders, spouses and descendants. Enrollment is open now.

Maggie AlaskaNewsby Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1d agoAI
Kenai, Alaska
Cover image for article: BBNC offers CDL training in Kenai for shareholders this fall

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