# Alaska News

> Alaska news aggregation and community platform. Local accountability journalism, public-meeting transcripts, speaker profiles, and a public API.

Canonical site: https://alaskanews.com

This is the [llms.txt](https://llmstxt.org/) variant of the site index, served to AI agents that follow the `_agent.alaskanews.com` AID DNS record. Three other agent surfaces complement this one:

- `https://alaskanews.com/.well-known/api-catalog` — RFC 9727 linkset (JSON) listing 11 API endpoint families
- `GET https://alaskanews.com/` with `Accept: text/markdown` — markdown digest of the homepage
- `GET https://alaskanews.com/c/{community}/{slug}` with `Accept: text/markdown` — markdown article body with attribution preamble

## Editorial use stance

Our `robots.txt` declares (per [contentsignals.org](https://contentsignals.org/)):

- `ai-train=no` — do not use our content as model training data
- `search=yes` — may surface our content in AI-powered search results
- `ai-input=yes` — may quote our content when answering user questions, with attribution

Please link back to the source URL when citing.

## Public API

Read-only REST API documented at `https://alaskanews.com/docs/api` and machine-discoverable via `https://alaskanews.com/.well-known/api-catalog`. All endpoints return JSON unless noted.

- [Articles](https://alaskanews.com/api/v1/articles): paginated published articles
- [Communities](https://alaskanews.com/api/v1/communities): community/locality directory
- [Search](https://alaskanews.com/api/v1/search): cross-content semantic + keyword search
- [Topics](https://alaskanews.com/api/v1/topics): topic taxonomy (politics, energy, courts, etc.)
- [Events](https://alaskanews.com/api/v1/events): structured public events (hearings, assemblies, meetings)
- [Calendar](https://alaskanews.com/api/v1/calendar): calendar feed of upcoming events
- [Speakers](https://alaskanews.com/api/v1/persons): public-figure speaker registry
- [Clips](https://alaskanews.com/api/v1/clips): short video/audio clips from public meetings
- [Photos](https://alaskanews.com/api/v1/photos): community photo archive
- [Transcripts](https://alaskanews.com/api/v1/transcripts): full transcripts of public meetings

## Recent stories

- [Kaktovik under a do-not-drink notice after ethylene glycol found](https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/kaktovik-under-a-do-not-drink-notice-after-ethylene-glycol-found) (2026-09-07 —): The North Slope Borough told Kaktovik residents not to drink the village tap water after lab testing detected ethylene glycol in the community water system.
- [SAMHSA awards St. Paul Island tribe $137,161 for wellness court treatment](https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/samhsa-awards-st-paul-island-tribe-137161-for-wellness-court-treatment) (2026-09-07 —): A five-year SAMHSA grant of $137,161 will expand substance use treatment, overdose reversal medication access, drug testing and housing referrals for the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island's Txin Kaangux̂ Tribal Healing to Wellness Court, serving 105 participants on St. Paul Island and in Anchorage and Mat-Su.
- [Tribally owned Anchorage firm wins $10.1 million Labor Department renovation contract](https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/anchorage-firm-wins-101-million-contract-to-renovate-labor-department-headquarters-spaces) (2026-09-07 —): Coho Construction Management LLC of Anchorage was awarded a $10,131,954 Department of Labor contract to upgrade the auditorium, Great Hall and mezzanine of the Frances Perkins Building in Washington, with work running from Sept. 10, 2026 through Sept. 9, 2028.
- [BLM rule would let NPR-A operators waive subsistence conditions without public notice](https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/blm-rule-would-let-npr-a-operators-waive-subsistence-conditions-without-public-notice) (2026-09-07 —): A proposed BLM rule for oil production sites in the National Petroleum Reserve writes mitigation conditions into regulation, including four subsistence protections, then lets an operator ask to waive any of them. The waiver section sets no public notice step. Comments close Nov. 9.
- [Tok fire aid excludes outbuildings; a second grant covers personal property, and registration closes Oct. 19](https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/tok-fire-aid-excludes-outbuildings-registration-closes-oct-19) (2026-09-07 —): State individual assistance for households that lost homes and outbuildings in the Mukluk Fire near Tok generally excludes outbuildings, and registration closes Oct. 19 with no federal individual assistance declared.
- [Troopers arrest Wasilla motorcyclist on DUI and refusal charges after Palmer-Fishhook crash](https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/troopers-arrest-wasilla-motorcyclist-on-dui-charge-after-palmer-fishhook-road-crash) (2026-09-07 —): Alaska State Troopers said Trey Strout, 28, of Wasilla was arrested on charges of DUI and refusing a chemical test after a motorcycle crash near Mile 9 of Palmer-Fishhook Road late Saturday. He was remanded to the Mat-Su Pretrial Facility.
- [Chignik opens four districts to salmon fishing for 48 hours starting Monday](https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/chignik-opens-four-districts-to-commercial-salmon-fishing-for-48-hours-starting-monday) (2026-09-06 —): ADF&G's Advisory Announcement #21 opens the Chignik Bay, Central, Western and Perryville districts to commercial salmon fishing for 48 hours from 7 a.m. Monday, Sept. 7, while lagoon waters south of Humes Point stay closed and Chinook non-retention rules remain in force.
- [Coast Guard awards $99,950 to repair fire damage at Base Kodiak barracks](https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/coast-guard-awards-99950-to-repair-fire-damage-at-base-kodiak-barracks) (2026-09-06 —): The Coast Guard awarded Hunatek Federal Services of Herndon, Virginia, $99,950 to repair fire damage at Barracks 1, Building 4 on Base Kodiak, with work running Sept. 8 to Dec. 11. The award record does not say when the fire occurred or whether anyone was displaced.
- [Crews repair Mukluk Fire dozer lines to limit thaw-related erosion; road restoration is finished](https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/crews-repair-dozer-line-on-mukluk-fires-eastern-flank-to-limit-permafrost-thaw) (2026-09-06 —): Excavators worked about three miles up the Mukluk Fire's eastern flank Friday, replacing bermed soil to reduce thaw-related erosion in permafrost, while a grader began restoring unpaved roads south of Red Fox Drive. The fire destroyed 50 homes and 108 outbuildings near Tok.
- [Bethel orders sewage repair at Akiak Drive home, with a lien if it is not done](https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/bethel-kept-water-off-at-akiak-drive-home-to-stop-sewage-city-manager-reports) (2026-09-06 —): Bethel shut off water at 251 Akiak Drive to halt wastewater generation after a failed private system discharged untreated sewage, and the resident restored service a day later. The Planning Commission takes up nuisance properties Sept. 10.
- [GSA routed 60 supply orders worth $11,537 to Anchorage firm](https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/anchorages-asci-federal-services-fills-20-to-444-gsa-tool-orders-this-week) (2026-09-06 —): The General Services Administration routed a run of small supply orders to Anchorage-based ASCI Federal Services in early September, from $20 for adjustable wrenches to $444 for a torque wrench, under the $12.4 million logistics contract the firm won after losing more than 90% of its revenue.
- [GSA awards Anchorage's Chugach Solutions $43,689 in sole-source FBI work in Washington](https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/gsa-awards-anchorages-chugach-solutions-43689-for-fbi-building-work-in-washington) (2026-09-06 —): Two GSA task orders totaling $43,689 send Anchorage-based Chugach Solutions Enterprise to the FBI Washington Field Office for fall-protection installation and a generator breaker replacement, work booked under an 8(a) sole-source vehicle awarded in January.
- [Injured hiker flown off Deer Mountain in Ketchikan](https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/injured-hiker-flown-off-deer-mountain-in-ketchikan) (2026-09-06 —): A 26-year-old hiker who could not walk after an injury past the summit of Deer Mountain was flown off the mountain Saturday by the Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad and taken to Peace Health Hospital, Alaska State Troopers said.
- [Alaska draft rule would end in-house marijuana testing by growers, manufacturers and stores](https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/alaska-draft-rule-would-end-in-house-marijuana-testing-by-growers-and-manufacturers) (2026-09-06 —): A draft regulation from the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development would repeal the in-house testing option for licensed marijuana cultivators and product manufacturers, sending all testing to licensed third-party labs.
- [Knik Tribe wins $996,966 to plan a Mat-Su youth mental health system](https://alaskanews.com/c/alaska-news/knik-tribe-wins-996966-to-plan-a-mat-su-youth-mental-health-system) (2026-09-06 —): SAMHSA awarded the Knik Tribe $996,966 over three years to design a coordinated system of care for Alaska Native youth in the Mat-Su Borough. The money cannot pay for clinical treatment.

## Optional

- [Sitemap](https://alaskanews.com/sitemap.xml): full site URL list
- [News sitemap](https://alaskanews.com/news-sitemap.xml): articles published in the last 48 hours
- [Podcasts feed](https://alaskanews.com/podcasts/feed.xml): podcast RSS feed
- [Privacy policy](https://communities.news/privacy)
- [Terms of service](https://communities.news/terms)