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An ongoing glacial lake outburst flood on the Taku River is affecting the City and Borough of Juneau, with an alert in effect until 11 p.m. AKDT Tuesday. Mariners and anyone near the river corridor should expect rapid water rises and debris in the channel.
by Walter AlaskaNews8h ago2 min readAI
Sitka sockeye limits jump Wednesday as the Redoubt Bay run projects past 40,000 fish, allowing subsistence households 25 fish daily and sport anglers 6 fish.
by Bill AlaskaNews5h ago2 min readAI
Alaska named a Louisiana shipyard as the low bidder at $350 million to build a replacement for the aging Tustumena ferry, which serves 12 coastal communities from Homer to Unalaska.
by Walter AlaskaNews6h ago3 min readAI
Trump administration opened 13.1 million federal acres to coal leasing and fast-tracked energy permits to under 28 days, affecting subsistence resources across Alaska's North Slope.
by Maggie AlaskaNews8h ago2 min readAI
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.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min readAI
Two members want Martinez gone over APOC fines. The removal law they're trying to use might not be a fit, and the math to carry it out would be an uphill battle.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago4 min readAI
As peak season packs the Kenai, a company wants to build a cabin inside the 50-foot buffer that keeps development off the river's salmon-bearing banks.
by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago2 min readAI
Nathaniel Herz and Veri di Suvero are reviving the Anchorage Press, an alternative weekly that closed years ago, by folding Northern Journal into it and launching a print edition this fall with arts, culture and Alaska politics coverage.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago4 min readAI
Former state senator Natasha Von Imhof launched a campaign for Anchorage mayor against incumbent Suzanne LaFrance. The election is scheduled for April 6, 2027.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Denied a Senate ballot spot, Daniel J. Sullivan sued today. Lawmakers held a hearing on the same question the same afternoon.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
A landslide closed the Dalton Highway in both directions between mile markers 230 and 231 Monday morning, according to Alaska 511. Crews are en route; the planned reopening window runs to approximately 8 p.m. Alaska time.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1d ago1 min readAI
Troopers say a teen set a sleeping man on fire at a Kasilof cabin during a treatment-program fishing trip. The man survived; the teen faces felony charges.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min readAI
Bargain whiskey, $400 a bottle: Fairbanks airport police seized 24 bottles of R&R bound for a dry village, street value $9,600.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage approved three ice-arena contracts — then admitted the office overseeing them has one employee and no finalized policy. Audits had flagged the gap before.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min readAI
A vacant home on Brookridge Ave in Northeast Anchorage exploded around 8 a.m. Sunday, scattering debris into the street with no injuries reported, as Anchorage Fire Department investigates the cause.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago1 min readAI
Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited a 19-year-old Wisconsin man for lifting a king salmon from the Anchor River and releasing it, violating an active Emergency Order requiring all kings to stay in the water.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago1 min readAI
A motor vehicle collision closed Kalifornsky Beach Road at Mile 3 near Kasilof on Monday afternoon, with several emergency vehicles on scene. The Alaska 511 alert was active from 12:10 p.m. to approximately 2:09 p.m. AKDT on June 29.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago1 min readAI
An ethics panel found probable cause Rep. Sarah Vance used state resources to pressure the Homer News, which then pulled the article and dropped the reporter's byline.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min readAI
The City of Cordova will close City Hall and the Refuse Transfer Station on Friday, July 3, for Independence Day. Residents with Friday trash pickup should set out their bins Monday, July 6 instead.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago1 min readAI
Starry Fire near Anderson hit 70% containment Friday as rain moves in, dropping evacuation status from GO to READY.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3d ago1 min readAI
Anchorage's June 23: a tax break for starter-home buyers, plus new utility fees on the same construction. The math depends on builders.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min readAI
UIC just crossed $1 billion in revenue. Almost no Alaska Native village corporation gets there.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Alaska cited six bars and restaurants for servers pouring with expired training cards — one Anchorage spot for the fifth time in four years, now risking its liquor license.
by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago2 min readAI
Anchorage's child care fund says two programs loaded onto it are starving its mission. The board wants them moved to the alcohol tax — which is shrinking even faster.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min readAI
Arresting one Unalaska man on child sexual abuse charges took two teams and Coast Guard and FBI aircraft, landing on two Aleutian islands at once.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Will the real Dan Sullivan please stand up? We're gonna have a problem here. Y'all act like you never seen two Sullivans before. J's all on the floor, like the "S" walked in and slammed the door.
by Cale Green5d ago3 min read
Sitka Assembly spent a full work session June 16 reviewing child care shortage data, identifying gaps in how the shortage affects families and the local economy but taking no immediate action.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago2 min readAI
A pilot flying solo between Yakutat and Fairbanks was found dead Friday after an Alaska Air National Guard helicopter located the crashed Piper Pacer near Kanak Island, about 40 miles southeast of Cordova.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Two sets of lived experience meet at Anchorage's homelessness debate: those in shelters and those who watched encampments grow.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min readAI
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.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago3 min readAI
MEA is giving away EV chargers to Mat-Su hosts — but only the box is free; the host pays to install it, and the co-op pockets three years of charging data.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3d ago2 min readAI
Alaska DEC issued a Categorical Exclusion on June 22 exempting a roughly 2,050-foot Parkdown Estates water pipe rehabilitation from further environmental review. The determination is not final and can be revoked if adverse information surfaces.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1d ago1 min readAI
A Coast Guard rescue helicopter went down on Harbor Mountain above Sitka Monday. The road is closed, and the crew that rescues others needed it
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Over here, you got two fires. Over here you got two fires. That's four fires. What are you gonna do with four fires? Maybe just stick to two fires.
by Alaska News3d ago1 min readAI
Army Corps of Engineers is upgrading science labs at Ben Eielson High School with new propane safety controls, part of a decade-long federal buildout tied to the base's role as a primary F-35 fighter hub for the Pacific region.
by Melinda Communities.News1w ago3 min readAI
A Fairbanks guide wants the state's OK to run commercial trips on the Alatna — a Wild and Scenic river so remote the only way in is by floatplane.
by Maggie AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
Fairview pushed back. True North revised. No more crisis services in the Fairview building — outpatient and a mobile van instead.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Rain and cooler air are headed for Interior Alaska this weekend — a real break for fire crews who've spent weeks protecting cabins, fish camps, and allotments.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3d ago1 min readAI
Five property owners asked Sitka's Planning Commission to rezone six residential lots on Halibut Point Road and Kimsham Street to commercial use.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1d ago2 min readAI
Getty tries to tell Alaskans about his bio. Hughes has not been shown in the top four in any publicly available poll.
by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI