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Petersburg rejects a wireless tower next to its only fire hall over collapse fears
Petersburg's planning commission rejected a wireless tower next to the borough's only fire hall over fears it could collapse onto the station.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage weighs a five-year road-sweeping contract for Eagle River
The Anchorage Assembly decides Tuesday whether to hire Big Bear to sweep road shoulders in the Eagle River area, at up to $2.97 million over five years.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Port Alsworth visitor center gets new parking, trail on former tank farm site
Once there was a fuel tank farm, now there's a parking area and 500 feet of new deer Trail in Lake Clark, national Park and preserve.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
The Kenai coho limit stayed at two when it was supposed to go to three
Kenai River anglers expected the coho limit to rise to three fish on Sept. 1. It stayed at two instead, and will stay there through November.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
A federal rule would let NPR-A drilling spread pad by pad, skipping environmental study
A federal rule would let oil drilling spread across NPR-A pad by pad — each new site fast-tracking the next and skipping the environmental study now required.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Alaska's federal obligations are down 1.7% this year, and September has barely started
Federal obligations in Alaska are down 1.7 percent through August. Federal spending drove more than half the state's GDP growth since 2015.
by Melinda Communities.News1w ago1 min readAI
Rabies is climbing among wildlife across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
Rabies is rising among Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta wildlife. Foxes come in to den in village landfills in late winter, and rural dogs live outdoors.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Troopers arrest Wasilla driver on DUI, assault charges after rollover
Alaska State Troopers arrested a Wasilla driver on DUI and assault charges after a rollover crash on North Wasilla-Fishhook Road late Wednesday left two people with minor injuries.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago1 min readAI
More than 200 coho counted at Bear Creek weir near Seward
More than 200 coho have passed through Bear Creek weir near Seward, with freshwater fishing expected to improve over the next few weeks.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Air Guard crew rescues two pilots in separate crashes near Palmer and Skwentna
An Alaska Air National Guard helicopter crew rescued two pilots from separate crashes near Palmer and Skwentna on Thursday, flying both to an Anchorage hospital.
by Alaska News1w ago1 min readAI
Sitka loses coho fishing as weak returns leave the hatchery short
Sitka anglers lose coho fishing in Bear Cove and Deep Inlet through October after this year's silvers came back too weak for the local hatchery to spawn.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
A mobile home lot near Abbott Road could become business-zoned
A mobile home lot near Abbott Road would become business-zoned. Nobody objected, and a planner noted such changes can displace mobile-home residents.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Man arrested in Soldotna on felony sex offender registry charge
Troopers arrested a 74-year-old Soldotna man Thursday on a felony charge of failing to register as a sex offender, after a probation compliance check. The dispatch says he has two prior convictions for the same offense.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Resident accuses Kodiak Island Borough Assembly of illegal poll on remote-meeting rules
A Kodiak resident challenged the borough assembly's survey on remote-meeting rules as violating the Open Meetings Act, though the borough attorney cleared it as preparation for public discussion.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Alaska justices affirm commitment despite skipped consent inquiry
Alaska Supreme Court upheld forced commitment and medication for an Anchorage man despite the lower court skipping a required check for voluntary treatment.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Flooding closes state vocational rehabilitation office in downtown Fairbanks
Flooding closed the state Department of Labor office in downtown Fairbanks on Friday, Sept. 11, halting walk-in service for vocational rehabilitation and disability employment support.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Draft permit would let Fairbanks discharge 11.2 million gallons a day into the Tanana
Fairbanks could keep discharging up to 11.2 million gallons of treated sewage a day into the Tanana River under a draft state permit.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Wrangell calls the Dungeness crab decline a disaster; the state calls it the plan
Wrangell declared a local disaster over Dungeness crab and asked for federal relief. The state cut the season by formula and did not use the word.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago2 min readAI
Troopers identify two Savoonga men dead after capsizing near St. Lawrence Island
Two Savoonga men died when their boat capsized off St. Lawrence Island. A 15-year-old survived by clinging to the overturned hull until a search crew found him.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago1 min readAI
Anchorage zoning board approves setback variance for Chandalar Drive home
Anchorage zoning board unanimously approved a variance allowing a Chandalar Drive home to keep an addition that has encroached 1.3 feet into the required setback since 1998
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage zoning board backs letting director approve bigger setback fixes without a hearing
An Anchorage board voted to let the planning director approve building encroachments up to 15 percent without a hearing, tripling the current threshold.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Teller woman indicted in embezzling more than $88,000 from tribe
A former coordinator for a Teller-based tribe was indicted on allegations she took more than $88,000 from the tribe's accounts.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Kodiak assembly weighs $3.85 million grant to replace failing hospital chiller
A failing chiller that supports sterilization at Kodiak's hospital is running at 35 percent, and the borough votes Wednesday on a nearly $4 million replacement.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
APOC denies expedited review of disclosure complaint against Johnson
Regulators denied both of Joel Borgquist's requests to fast-track disclosure complaints against candidates. Johnson's goes to a normal investigation.
by Lucas Brown1w ago2 min read
New independent expenditure group registers in Anchorage to back Nellie Jimmie's re-election
A new group will spend without limits to re-elect Rep. Nellie Jimmie. Its chair is general counsel of the Native corporation for her region.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
APOC denies fast-track review of disclosure complaint against Wilson
State regulators will not fast-track a disclosure complaint against Bernadette Wilson. It goes to a normal investigation, with a hearing by Oct. 8.
by Lucas Brown1w ago2 min read
A Haines ordinance cuts more code than the commission voted to change
Haines commissioners voted to trim one sentence of the land-use code. The draft ordinance deletes far more, including a clause nobody voted on.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago2 min readAI
Funny River hunter cited after self-reporting sub-legal moose kill
A Funny River hunter self-reported killing a bull moose that didn't meet Unit 15B legal size requirements and was cited to appear in Kenai Courthouse.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Federal grant of $500,000 would replace generators on the mountaintop relays that carry Akhiok's internet
A $500,000 federal grant will replace aging generators and batteries at two mountain relays that carry internet to Akhiok, a remote village on Kodiak Island.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage Assembly schedules Hispanic Heritage Month health fair with Spanish-speaking staff
Anchorage Assembly is scheduling a health fair with Spanish-speaking staff and translation services for Saturday, Oct. 3, as part of Hispanic Heritage Month events starting Sept. 20.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Frost advisory covers Juneau, Yakutat, Hoonah and Gustavus through Friday
A frost advisory covers Juneau, Yakutat and nearby areas early Friday, with temperatures near 35 that could kill uncovered plants.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Three Kodiak westside sections now open until further notice; 54-hour period ends 6 p.m. Saturday
Three Kodiak sections are open to salmon seining until further notice. The period covering much of the rest of the area closes Saturday evening.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago1 min readAI
NWS forecasts water 5 feet above high tide at Golovin through Friday
Water is forecast 3 to 5 feet above the normal high tide line at Golovin through Friday, the third stretch of high water there in three weeks.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Anchorage police seek help finding Allison Wilson, 41, missing since Thursday morning
Anchorage police are asking for help finding Allison Wilson, 41, who didn't return from her shift Thursday. She drives a maroon Subaru with front-end damage.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Juneau aging commission to vote Sept. 15 on demanding paratransit fix or new contractor
Juneau's paratransit riders have gone ten months without service that meets the contract, the chair of the city's aging commission says.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage keeps funding a $5 million median barrier on 5th Avenue
An Anchorage committee kept funding a $5 million median barrier on 5th Avenue, over an objection that the decade-old crash data doesn't justify it.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Juneau water and sewer bills go up 5 percent a year through 2030
Juneau's water and sewer bills go up 5 percent a year through 2030. The utility runs on ratepayers alone, and voters rejected a bond to share the load.
by Melinda Communities.News1w ago2 min readAI
Two Fairbanks rezones could take 32 lots to 99 dwelling units total
Fairbanks is being asked to upzone two residential corridors in five days. Together they would take 32 lots from 34 units up to as many as 99.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Juneau's proposed Statter Harbor fee would more than triple operators' costs
Juneau wants Statter Harbor's charter operators to pay about $1.8 million a year, more than triple last year — and they say they can't pass it on.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago2 min readAI
Bristol Bay students can apply for a December leadership forum
Bristol Bay high school students have until Oct. 9 to apply for a youth leadership forum in Anchorage in December.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI