Alaska

Kodiak keeps a road-sand storage lease its assembly had said it wanted to end

Kodiak's Service Area No. 1 will keep paying ~$12,600 a year to store road sand on a lease several assembly members had said last fall they wanted ended.

by Bill AlaskaNews3mo ago3 min read

A village corporation for four remote Interior communities just won the contract to run San Diego's border crossings

A company owned by four remote Koyukon Athabascan villages on the Koyukuk River just won nearly $10 million to run San Diego's U.S.-Mexico border crossings.

by Melinda Communities.Newsadded 3mo ago2 min read

Cook Inlet razor clam permit holders must file a harvest report or lose next year's permit

Cook Inlet razor clam permit holders have to file a harvest report by Dec. 31 — even if they never dug a clam — or lose eligibility for a permit next year.

by Bill AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Alaskans vote Tuesday on restoring campaign contribution limits

Alaskans vote Tuesday on Ballot Measure 1, which would cap campaign donations that have been uncapped since a 2021 court ruling struck down the old $500 limit.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

A new group formed to back Tom Begich for governor, days before the primary

A new independent group formed to back Tom Begich's run for governor, eight days before Alaska's primary. It hasn't yet reported raising or spending anything.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3mo ago1 min read

A Muldoon pot shop divides the Assembly, with a former legislator and the chair for it and a council member against

A Muldoon Road pot shop drew a former legislator and the Assembly chair for it and a council member against, at a hearing carried over to Tuesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago3 min read

Anchorage orders outside police use-of-force review after sixth officer-involved shooting this year

Anchorage will hire an outside investigator to review police use of force after an officer shot someone on Debarr Road, the sixth officer-involved shooting in the city this year.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Kasilof man under sexual abuse investigation dies of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound

Kasilof man under sexual abuse investigation dies of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

A retired Wasilla man is spending $11,000 to oppose a candidate for governor

A retired Wasilla man is spending about $11,000 to oppose gubernatorial candidate Bernadette Wilson before Tuesday's primary. No law caps the total.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3mo ago1 min read

Juneau's wastewater plant has been out of compliance for three years, and ratepayers foot the bill

Juneau's main wastewater plant has been out of federal compliance for three years, its permit expired — and sewer customers will pay the $20 million fix.

by Lucas Brown3mo ago2 min read

One owner moves to take full control of a Midtown Anchorage cannabis operation

Yotam Levi is set to take full control of a three-part Midtown Anchorage cannabis business, a grow, a manufacturing site and a store, by buying out partners.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min readFrom Jul 30

Follows: Anchorage Assembly set to approve transfer of three marijuana licenses to sole ownership at one address

Juneau gathers its senior-housing help into one guide

Juneau is pulling its senior-housing help — ADU grants, renovation grants, contractors — into one guide to help older residents stay in their homes.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Valdez weighs all but ending property tax on homes

Valdez is weighing all but ending property tax on homes — affordable because oil is most of its base, though it may test Alaska's limits on taxing industry.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

A missing health certification is holding up the Homestead Lounge's liquor license transfer

Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on a conditional protest of a liquor license transfer at The Homestead Lounge in Eagle River, held up by a missing health certification.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

A faulting cable under the Loussac Library would cost the city a permanent easement

Anchorage Assembly will vote Tuesday on letting Chugach Electric replace a failing power cable under Loussac Library at no cost to the city.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

A Midtown hotel vacant since a 2019 fire seeks approval to serve alcohol

Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on a liquor permit for the Courtyard by Marriott Midtown on A Street, with no public opposition filed so far.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

A dollar-a-year lease would help stand up an American Legion post near Alaska's first state veterans cemetery

A dollar-a-year lease would help build an American Legion post in Salcha, beside Alaska's first state veterans cemetery — a 257-acre site for 12,000+ vets.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Fairbanks voters will weigh banning voting machines for hand counts

Fairbanks voters decide Oct. 6 whether to ban voting machines and hand-count all ballots — an initiative its backers call cost-saving and its critics contest.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Akiachak is in line for fiber broadband, one of seven roadless villages getting wired

Akiachak is in line for fiber broadband, one of seven roadless Y-K Delta villages being wired in a project reaching nearly 3,000 long-unserved households.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Deep Inlet reopens to the commercial fleet after the hatchery takes its cut

Alaska reopened Deep Inlet to commercial salmon fishing after the state hatchery finished cost-recovery operations, ending a closure that began June 28.

by Bill AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Chignik fishermen get a five-day opening, but most of the area stays closed on weak runs

Chignik Bay and Central districts open for commercial salmon Aug. 17-21, but the window is provisional and most other Chignik areas stay closed due to low pink and chum counts.

by Bill AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Trench that killed two Delta Junction workers had no cave-in protection

Two Delta Junction workers died in a 13-foot trench with no cave-in protection, violating federal safety standards that require protective systems in excavations deeper than 5 feet.

by Lucas Brown3mo ago2 min readFrom Jul 29

Complaints against Wilson and Taylor governor campaigns question donation source, not size

Former Anchorage Assembly chair filed complaints against two GOP governor candidates. Wilson campaign received $25,000 donation listed as both company and individual, unclear which is true. Taylor campaign failed to describe $147,000 in consultant and lawyer payments beyond listing them as retainers.

by Lucas Brownadded 3mo ago2 min read

Chignik moves to surrender the federal license on its long-dormant hydro plant

Chignik moves to surrender the federal license on a hydro plant idle since 2012, to build a state-run replacement. Residents have until Sept. 10 to weigh in.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 3mo ago1 min read

Federal funds for gender-transition care for Alaska minors on Medicaid end in October

A federal rule ends Medicaid matching funds for Alaska minors' gender-transition care Oct. 13. It's not a ban; whether the state keeps covering it is unknown.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Troopers arrest Charles Yingst in Big Lake on warrants topping $2 million

Alaska State Troopers arrested Charles Yingst in Big Lake on Wednesday on warrants totaling more than $2 million for fraud and escape charges.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Yaadás clan historian says he only recently traced how his clan got the beaver crest

Yaadás clan historian Benjamin Young recently traced two competing accounts of how his Haida clan acquired the beaver crest, one from early ethnography and one from fur trade history.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Anchorage commission backs Eagle River rezone over two neighbors' objections

Two Eagle River neighbors are fighting a rezone that would lift 2002 building limits on a lot they say floods and moose use. The Assembly hears it Sept. 15.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3mo ago2 min read

Browsing AlaskaJobs as a guest can cost you UI benefits

Browsing AlaskaJobs as a guest instead of registering can cost unemployed Alaskans their UI benefits — you must register within seven days of filing.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

A heat advisory covers much of Southeast Alaska through Friday evening

A heat advisory covers much of Southeast Alaska through Friday evening, with temperatures in the lower 80s — a real risk in a region where most homes have no air conditioning.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Gillnetters near Ketchikan and Haines get an extra day on the water

Drift gillnetters near Ketchikan and Haines got an extra day on the water this week, with some inlets and canal waters closed off in exchange.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

A Juneau evacuation route is restricted as the valley floods

A Juneau road is restricted to local traffic as the Mendenhall Valley floods from the Suicide Basin outburst, with about 5,000 people told to evacuate.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Thursday's lane closure at mile 89 on the Richardson Highway is off Alaska 511's list

Richardson Highway Lane Closed

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

King salmon fishing stays closed across the Tanana drainage

King salmon fishing stays closed across the Tanana drainage, with no change, as Yukon king runs remain at historic lows and escapement goals go unmet.

by Bill AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche files to run again

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche, a former Soldotna mayor and state Senate President, filed to run for another term ahead of the Nov. 3 election.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Mat-Su sex offender sweep produces 17 arrests, 15 of them for registration violations

Alaska State Troopers arrested 17 people during a three-day sex offender compliance sweep in the Mat-Su Valley but located only 60 of 100 registered offenders targeted for checks.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

A commission wants tougher riverbank protection than the developers asked for on a proposed Chena RV park

A Fairbanks commission wants tougher riverbank rules than a proposed Chena RV park's developers, and staff, sought — over how much to guard the water.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

One rough winter tore up Hillside roads, and self-funded neighborhoods are footing the bill

One rough winter tore up a Hillside neighborhood's roads enough that its self-funded maintenance budget would nearly quintuple, and other areas want the same.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Situk River's Nine Mile Bridge stretch stays closed to all fishing through Aug. 31

Alaska Fish and Game extended the Situk River Nine Mile Bridge fishing closure to Aug. 31 after the Chinook run fell to 219 fish, less than a quarter of the forecast.

by Bill AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Cordova, in a rainy region, asks residents to conserve water

Cordova, in one of Alaska's rainiest regions, is running low on water after a dry stretch and low snowpack — and the coming rain won't be enough to refill it.

by Alaska News3mo ago1 min read