Alaska

Sitka weighs rezoning seven historic cemetery properties to allow only cemetery uses

Sitka's Assembly takes up rezoning seven historic cemetery properties for cemetery uses only. The VA has told the city local zoning doesn't apply to it.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

Alaska sets March exams for big game guide-outfitters, with applications due Nov. 16

Want to run big game hunts in Alaska? Apply by Nov. 16 for the March exams, and bring eight client references and a video of yourself caping an animal.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Leilah Bailey asks Fairbanks court to review a school activities association decision

Leilah Bailey asked a Fairbanks judge to review a decision by the Alaska School Activities Association, which sets statewide eligibility rules.

by Alaska News1w ago1 min read

Fairbanks borough officer to reconsider approving merger of 17 Salcha lots into one

A Fairbanks borough hearing officer will reconsider Nov. 19 his approval merging 17 Salcha lots into one 38-acre parcel near the Richardson Highway.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Eagle River nurse practitioner to be resentenced in three overdose deaths

Jessica Spayd, the Eagle River nurse practitioner once given 30 years in an opioid case, pleaded guilty in three overdose deaths and faces a new sentence.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Robes telling the story of the Navy's 1882 bombardment of Angoon will be danced Friday

Shgendootan George made 10 robes telling how the U.S. Navy shelled and burned her village, Angoon, in 1882. They'll be danced in Juneau Friday.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

Anchorage plan would let staff decide some cases that now get public hearings

Anchorage planners want staff, not public hearings, to settle some routine land-use requests. Now they've asked to push the first hearing to December.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

NOAA updates export rules for fishmeal and fish oil made from seafood leftovers

NOAA changed how exporters get papers to ship fishmeal and fish oil, what Alaska plants make from fish heads and guts. Most countries' requests now go online.

by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Kenai airport is one of the first two in the US with a working digital control tower

Kenai's airport now has one of the country's first two digital control towers, with cameras giving controllers a 360-degree view. The other one is in Florida.

by Alaska News1w ago2 min read

Anchorage police arrest a man on felony weapons and assault charges after a shooting

Anchorage police arrested a 23-year-old man Thursday after a shooting injured another man. He faces four felonies, the most serious a class A weapons count.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Medicare to pay Alaska hospitals more for outpatient care to cover higher supply costs

Medicare will pay Alaska hospitals more for outpatient care in 2027 to cover pricey shipped-in supplies. Alaska and Hawaii share a projected $66 million bump.

by Alaska News1w ago2 min read

Fish and Game closes West Behm Canal to sea cucumber divers for the rest of the season

Fish and Game shut West Behm Canal to sea cucumber divers for the season after they hit the harvest cap. It's the third Southeast area closed this season.

by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Army Corps seeks contractor to keep Anchorage's harbor dredged through 2029

The Army Corps wants a contractor to dredge Anchorage's harbor through 2029, scooping out the Cook Inlet silt that keeps settling where ships need to dock.

by Melinda Communities.News1w ago2 min read

State catalogs 1970s drill notes from 26,000 NPR-A holes to help find North Slope gravel

Seismic crews drilled tens of thousands of holes across NPR-A in the 1970s and logged what they hit. The state cataloged it to help find North Slope gravel.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Sinkhole found under Ketchikan harbor shop as council adds $151,000 for storm repairs

Ketchikan crews tearing down a storm-damaged harbor shop found a sinkhole beneath it. The City Council added $151,000 to fix the failed drain behind it.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

Follows: Ketchikan's storm damage estimate tops $4 million as the state steps in

Jackknifed tractor-trailer blocks Dalton at Mile 160; reopening planned Friday morning

A jackknifed tractor-trailer has blocked the Dalton Highway both ways at Mile 160 since Thursday night. Reopening is planned 9:31 am Friday on this main North Slope oil route.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read

Anchorage sets Dec. 1 hearings on rezones for 44 townhomes and a Chugach utility yard

Anchorage set Dec. 1 hearings on rezoning 44 townhomes that sit on land zoned for shops and Chugach Electric's longtime utility yard to heavy industrial.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Follows: Anchorage Assembly takes up rezone for 44 townhomes sitting on land zoned for shops

Sitka Assembly takes final vote Tuesday on a child care sales tax ballot question

Sitka's Assembly takes its final vote Tuesday on asking voters for a half-point summer sales tax bump for child care. That's a nickel on a $10 purchase.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Follows: Sitka Assembly weighs asking voters for a summer sales tax bump to fund child care

Juneau couple's appeal of a 185% assessment jump goes back before the city board

A Juneau couple's property nearly tripled in assessed value this year. Their appeal was set for a second hearing Thursday; no result is public yet.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Follows: Juneau assessor trims contested Glacier Highway value but says it appears undervalued

Bethel tells water customers to get their lines and tanks ready for freeze-up

Bethel told water customers to turn on their heat trace or glycol and keep hookups reachable. If a service line freezes anyway, the owner has to fix it.

by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

Couple seeks five more years for their floathome in Camp Coogan Bay near Sitka

A couple wants five more years to keep their floathome moored on state tidelands in Camp Coogan Bay near Sitka. Comments to the state are due Nov. 18.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read

Kodiak makes public why election winner Jeremy Williamson hasn't been sworn in

Kodiak's assembly released the legal opinion behind why winner Jeremy Williamson hasn't been sworn in: borough contract holders can't be seated, it says.

by Alaska News1w ago3 min read

Mat-Su picks Front Street site for Talkeetna water tank as some residents object

Mat-Su picked a wooded Front Street lot for Talkeetna's new water tank. Some neighbors want it at the old plant; the borough would rather own its land.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

Kenai parks commission backs dropping park status from Ahlstrom Park lot

Kenai's parks commission voted 5-0 to recommend dropping park status from a 2.32-acre lot that never became a park. Planners eyed a more central spot.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Follows: Kenai parks commission to weigh dropping park status from Ahlstrom Park lot

Houston parks commission asks city to find and protect public access to lakes

Houston's parks commission wants the city to find and mark public paths to its lakes before they turn into driveways. It met for the first time since April.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Gusts reached 111 mph on high ground near Metlakatla as storm cut power in Ketchikan

Wind gusts hit 111 mph near Metlakatla Thursday as the storm downed trees and knocked out power in northern Ketchikan.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

Follows: Metlakatla station records 87 mph gust before Thursday high wind warning

Palmer will bring in outside counsel on ethics complaint naming the mayor and city manager

Palmer is bringing in outside counsel on an ethics complaint naming its mayor and manager. Also: a remark about the manager's child, and no library kitchen.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readFrom Oct 27

Follows: Palmer council may meet in closed session Tuesday on an ethics complaint

Feds open comment on letting Alaska sablefish boats release small fish

Alaska sablefish boats may finally get to toss back small fish instead of keeping every one. The feds opened comment Friday and hope to allow it in 2027.

by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

Kenai land plan would auction part of the sports complex parcel for housing

Kenai's parks commission backed a plan to auction a corner of the sports complex parcel for housing. The memo doesn't say if it overlaps protected acres.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Petersburg hospital sets out to become a state trauma center, a decade-old goal

Petersburg's hospital board voted to chase a state trauma designation that Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka and Wrangell already have. Staff hope to get it in a year.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

State energy agency says it never talked to firm that listed its power cable as a partner

A firm pitching an undersea AI data center in Cook Inlet called the state's planned power cable a "Strategic Partner." The state says they never talked.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

Follows: Kenai asks to join the federal review of a proposed undersea data center in Cook Inlet

Plaintiffs ask a judge to toss Bering Air's claims against four people in Flight 445 suits

Bering Air wants four people added to Flight 445 death suits. Two plaintiffs, whose lawyers call them federal employees, want them out. A judge will decide.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

Eight GCI technicians will vote on joining a union over the company's objection

Eight GCI technicians will vote by mail on joining the IBEW after a federal labor official ordered an election over GCI's objection. Ballots count Dec. 15.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Alaska oil falls from its highest price since 2008, trimming one windfall estimate

Alaska oil slid 6.6% in two days from its highest price since 2008. One budget group's windfall estimate fell about $400 million in a week. Still way above $75.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

Follows: Alaska oil nears its highest price since 2008, far above what the state budgeted

Mat-Su board approves Willow-area land split without requiring a mile-plus road

Mat-Su's Platting Board OK'd splitting 40 acres near Willow into two lots without building the 6,800-foot road borough rules would normally require.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read

Follows: Willow-area owners ask Mat-Su to let them split 40 acres without building a mile-plus road

Analysis: Kreiss-Tomkins would win a ranked-choice final round on the count so far

Republicans won more first choices combined, but over a third of Bronson and Taylor ballots wouldn't reach the final round. So far, Kreiss-Tomkins would win it.

by Alaska News1w ago4 min read

GCI says court ruling could disrupt subsidies behind nearly half its revenue

A court says the FCC illegally created the group that runs its telecom subsidy fund. GCI gets 47% of its revenue from it and can't say what that means yet.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

Self-driving cars are coming to Alaska to practice in the snow

Waymo says it'll test self-driving cars in Alaska's snow this winter. The governor points to Fairbanks, where the snow stays and the sun barely shows up.

by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago4 min read

Sitka's wind gusted to 53 mph Thursday, and an advisory runs through noon Friday

Sitka's airport gusted to 53 mph Thursday, past the 45 mph forecast, before a high wind warning went up. It eased, and an advisory runs through noon Friday.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Kuskokwim Corporation will teach beaver mitten sewing over Zoom in December

The Kuskokwim Corporation will teach a three-day Zoom class in December on sewing beaver mittens lined with rabbit fur. Applications are due Nov. 16.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readFrom Oct 30